We request clarification of the ruling on the time and place of entering the state of ihram for a traveler from Oman to Jeddah? Does one enter ihram in the plane when passing by the miqat, or from Jeddah?

The questioner: Regarding what concerns entering the state of ihram, we will move on, may Allah preserve you, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh: Yes, by Allah, this is important.

The questioner: Yes, we are traveling from here tomorrow. Until now, it has not become clear to us whether we will perform 'Umrah tomorrow or go to the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him) in Madinah first, for example? But if we intend now to go directly from here to Makkah, do we enter ihram in the plane or in Jeddah?

The Shaykh: It is not permissible to pass the miqat.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: For one intending Hajj or 'Umrah, except while in the state of ihram.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: So if you are intending 'Umrah from here, and praise be to Allah.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Then it is not permissible to pass the miqat to Jeddah, so you enter ihram from Jeddah, no, it is not permissible.

The questioner: Hmm, I mean, according to the opinion of those who say, for example, that Jeddah is outside the miqat entirely, meaning if we connect two nearby miqats to Jeddah with a line, Jeddah becomes outside, for example between Rabigh and the other miqat after Jeddah, which is Yalamlam, the miqat of the people of Yemen, if we connect them, Jeddah is outside, so if I come, I mean, I recall the situation of some people.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: If he comes from Jeddah and is heading toward Makkah, after a distance he will pass by or cross this circle or the line connecting these miqats, if we connect all the miqats around Makkah, and if he comes and enters from the Jeddah side, for example, then the miqat of the people of Egypt and so on, which is Rabigh, is on his left, and the other miqat is on his right, so when he crosses this circle or passes by one of the two miqats, has he crossed it while in the state of ihram?

The Shaykh: May Allah reward you, is there anyone who says this geometric planning, which is almost like an astronomical ruling in establishing the time miqats?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: This is what the one who says this picture says.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Does he say even if he passes the miqat that he is passing through or is in? Is this also included?

The questioner: No, he does not say he passed it, he says until now he has not passed it.

The Shaykh: How has he not passed it?

The questioner: He says, for example:

The Shaykh: Now you are in the plane.

The questioner : Yes, exactly.

The Shaykh: Okay, do you not pass by the miqat of Dhul-Hulayfah?

The questioner: Yes, we pass by it, we pass by it.

The Shaykh: Then how can it be said he has not passed it?

The questioner: Yes, but we do not pass by the miqat of Dhul-Hulayfah while heading to Makkah, rather we pass by it while heading to Jeddah, so we move away from the miqat again, meaning if our passing by the miqat of Dhul-Hulayfah is while the plane will land at an airport in Makkah or something like that, we would have completely crossed or passed the miqat, but when we pass by the miqat and then leave it again for Jeddah, yes?

The Shaykh: I barely understand!

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh: Or I understand but I do not grasp this picture! Let us conclude.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: In another way.

The questioner: All right.

The Shaykh: If by car.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: We traveled by car.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Can we reach Jeddah passing by our miqat, which is Dhul-Hulayfah?

The questioner : Yes, you may.

The Shaykh: This is a grave error!

The questioner: No, I mean, if I understood your question, that it is possible in the sense that: we actually want to go to Jeddah, we must pass by the miqat of Dhul-Hulayfah.

The Shaykh: Excuse me, what did you say?

The questioner: I say: I did not mean by "possible" that it is permissible or something like that, far be it from Allah, no, I meant that: it is possible in the sense of yes, we will pass by if we come to Jeddah, we want Jeddah, we must pass by the miqat of Dhul-Hulayfah by car, meaning.
The student: The car is like the plane.

The Shaykh: And what is the miqat of Jeddah?

The questioner: The people of Jeddah or the one who passes by?
The student: It is the same, Dhul-Hulayfah.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Did my speech become clear? I repeat my question!

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Is it permissible by car to pass by our miqat, Dhul-Hulayfah?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Passing by this miqat, not passing by another miqat, is it permissible to depart without being in the state of ihram to Jeddah and then enter ihram from Jeddah?

The questioner : No.

The Shaykh: This was my question first.

The questioner : Yes, exactly.

The Shaykh: And it is repeated now.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh: So I hope your answer comes after you have fully understood my question.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Perhaps it has been understood.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: If it is not, then there is also a no, because there is no difference between passing the miqat by plane or by car.

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And beware of that.

The questioner: May Allah reward you, meaning it is not.
The student: By plane, from here the stripping, stripping from the clothes.

The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The student: But at the place or a little before it.

The Shaykh: Now we are in the intention of ihram, not in its clothing.
The student: Is there no objection to the clothing of ihram?

The Shaykh: No, no, that is another matter.

The questioner: Yes.