Miscellaneous Issues Related To The Miqat

While putting on the ihram at Masjid ash-Shajarah, it is incumbent to put it on inside the mosque itself and not in its vicinities.

If a lady is haydh in miqat and is confident she cannot perform Umrah Tamattu in due time, she should make niyyah for Hajj al-Ifrad and after completion perform Hajj Umrah.

If a person is in Makkah and wants to perform Umrah Tamattu but has some reasons that prevent him from going to the miqat for it, he should go outside the harm and become a muhrim. It would suffice from Adni al-Hal.

For the Iranians, whether those employed in Jeddah or others, miqat for Umrah Tamattu and Umrah Mufradah is the prescribed mawaqit. But for Umrah Mufradah, there could be permit for ihram in Jeddah with nadhr, yet, as a precaution, the pilgrim should get into the state of ihram in the mawaqit.

Based on ihtiyat, caravan attendants who want to go to Makkah and then leave it should not perform Umrah Tamattu. To enter Makkah, they should go to one of the prescribed mawaqit and become muhrim there for Umrah Mufradah. Adni al-Hal is not the miqat for such people. After performing Umrah Mufradah, they can leave Makkah. Afterwards entrance into Makkah for the second and third times would not require ihram. The last time such people arrive in Makkah they should go to one of the prescribed mawaqit such as Masjid ash-Shajarah or al-Juhfah to become muhrim for Umrah Tamattu.

Getting into the state of ihram before reaching the miqat would be correct with nadhr. As a result, haydh women who have religious excuses and cannot enter the Masjid can offer nadhr in Madinah to become muhrim for Umrah. In this case, they do not have to go to Masjid ash-Shajarah. If husbands of these women are present, they should give idhn for their wives' nadhr.

Miqat in al-Juhfah is not confined to the mosque, and people can become muhrim in any part of al-Juhfah.

Leaving Makkah between Umrah Tamattu and Hajj is not permissible, unless there is an emergency or exigency. In such a case, based on precaution, the muhrim should get into the state of ihram for the Hajj and then leave, unless this would cause him distress. In such a case, he can leave Makkah without ihram. At any rate, leaving Makkah would not make the Hajj incorrect. Caravan attendants and the like can enter Makkah with Umrah Mufradah and perform Umrah Tamattu when they would no longer leave Makkah unless for Wuquf in the plain of Arafat.

If a person has become muhrim in Jeddah and performed Umrah Tamattu, he should go to miqat, become muhrim, and renew Umrah Tamattu if he does not have any excuse not to go to miqat and if there is still time to perform Umrah Tamattu.

If a person leaves Makkah after performing Hajj at-Tamattu and wants to return while still a month has not passed from the time of ihram for Umrah Tamattu, he does not need to become muhrim and can enter Makkah without ihram.

One who has performed Umrah Mufradah less than a month back can pass the miqat without ihram.

In the absence of her husband, a woman who wants to make a nadhr to get into the state of ihram before reaching the miqat does not need his permission. But in case her husband is present, based on precaution, she should make the nadhr with his permission; otherwise, her nadhr would not be valid.

Pre-miqat nadhr for ihram is also permissible for the naib.

Question 1: A group headed for Makkah via Taif. Before reaching Qarn al-Manazil, they were sent to go through al-Aqiq. They were barred from going to Qarn al-Manazil and became muhrim in al-Aqia. What consideration should be taken in regard to their ihram?

Answer: Their ihram is correct.

Question 2: A haydh woman leaving Madinah for Makkah thought she could become muhrim and perform her duty while passing through Masjid ash-Shajarah. But when reaching the mosque's courtyard, she realised that due to the huge crowd gathering there she could not become a muhrim by passing through. She obtained her husband's permission for nadhr, went several steps away from the Masjid, and became muhrim with nadhr. Does this suffice or not?

Answer: There is no problem is she became muhrim with nadhr before reaching the miqat.

Question 3: A haydh woman, conceiving she could get into the state of ihram while passing through Masjid ash-Shajarah, entered the mosque, immediately got into the state of ihram, cited the talbiyah, and took several steps toward the door she wanted to use to leave the mosque. But when she saw she could not pass through, she left through the door from which she had entered. Is her ihram correct or not?

Answer: It is correct.

Question 4: If upon leaving the miqat and along the way the pilgrim realises that he has not made the talbiyah or niyyah or that his ihram is incorrect due to some other reason and wants to return to the miqat and that this would not be feasible for him unless he can possibly return to the miqat via Makkah, could he go to Makkah and return to the miqat? Or should he become muhrim where he is?

Answer: If he can return to the miqat, even from Makkah, he cannot become muhrim from any place other than the miqat. But to enter Makkah, he should become muhrim at Adni al-Hal, while making intention for Umrah Mufradah. After performing its rites, he should go to one of the prescribed mawaqit and get into the state of ihram for Umrah Tamattu.