Miqaat
Wearing the ihraam from Jeddah
Q: I am leaving for umrah but will be spending a night and day in Jeddah. I have been told that my brother and I can wear our ihraam in Jeddah before we leave for Makkah the next day. Please clarify if this is true.
Meeqaat of a Person Traveling for Hajj from Dubai
Q: A person travels by plane from Dubai to perform hajj. From which point is it compulsory upon him to tie his ihraam? Is it permissible for him to tie it in Jeddah Airport after they land?
From where should one put on his ihraam?
Q: If a person is going for Haj/umrah but lands in Makkah first, where does he/she put on his/her Ihraam? And if a person Performing Haj for someone else who's deceased, his Qurbaani whose name should it be sacrificed on?
Putting on one's ihraam before passing the miqaat
Q: My friend is travelling for Umrah next week. He will land to Jeddah, from there he will travel to Makkah without making Ihraam and making Niyyat of Umrah. From the hotel after checking in he will go to Masjid-e-Ayesha with the niyyat of umrah and from there he will wear ihraam and will perform Umrah. Is it ok or is it mandatory that he has to make the niyyat from Jeddah?
Passing the meeqaat without ihraam
Q: What is the Shar’ee ruling in the case where a person passed the meeqaat without tying the ihraam?
Entering Makkah without Ihraam
Q: I once performed umrah when I just became baaligh. My grandparents and I entered Makkah without being in Ihraam and also I did not wear proper shoes in Ihraam. However, all of this was done unknowingly, as I had not yet been taught that. Should I still pay a dam and what should one do if one cannot afford a dam?
Staying in Jeddah and thereafter going to Makkah for umrah
Q: I live in Jeddah. My mother is coming to visit us. She is coming to Madina and next week we are planning to perform umrah with her. Is it a must that she wear Ihraam from Pakistan? Although we planning to go for umrah next week?
Entering the Haram without Ihraam
Q: A person who is working in Saudi desires to perform Hajj. Can he enter the haram without ihraam, and before Hajj begins, he will tie his ihraam at the Aisha Miqaat and then enter with the intention of performing Hajj?
Travelling to Jeddah
Q: What is the shar’i ruling in the case where a person (if he is local and his intention is to only do tawaaf and go to Jeddah) passed the miqaat without tying the ihraam? Please answer this query as I have to frequently travel to Jeddah.