Chapter of the Miqats: The Miqat of the People of Madinah is Dhul-Hulayfah, and the Miqat of the People of Sham, Egypt, and the Maghreb is al-Juhfah

The Shaykh : Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter of the Miqats". Miqat is the plural of miqat, derived from the word "time," which is both temporal and spatial. That is, the term miqat may refer to the temporal time, or it may refer to the place. Here, it refers to both the time and the place.
The author said: "The Miqat of the People of Madinah is Dhul-Hulayfah". "Miqat" is the subject, and "Dhul-Hulayfah" is the predicate. "Al-Hulayfah" is the diminutive of "al-Hulwa," which is a known wild plant. This place was named so because of the abundance of this plant there. It is six or seven miles from Madinah, and ten days from Makkah. Consequently, it is the farthest of the miqats from Makkah. "And the Miqat of the People of Sham, Egypt, and the Maghreb is al-Juhfah". The People of Sham, Egypt, and the Maghreb have al-Juhfah as their miqat. What brought the People of Egypt and the Maghreb to al-Juhfah? It is because the Suez Canal did not exist; the African and Asian continents could be crossed from one to the other by land, meaning there was no Suez Canal. So the People of Sham would come by land, as would the People of the Maghreb, and they would pass through al-Juhfah. Al-Juhfah is an ancient village that was swept away and destroyed by a flood, and it was also struck by a plague. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed to transfer it from Madinah to al-Juhfah, saying: When al-Juhfah was ruined and became an unsuitable place for pilgrims, the people made Rabigh its substitute. It still exists today and is slightly farther from Makkah than al-Juhfah. Therefore, whoever enters the state of ihram from Rabigh has entered ihram from al-Juhfah and more. The distance between it and Makkah is about three days. What is the difference between it and Madinah? Seven days.