The Miqat for 'Umrah of a Person who lives in Makkah
Question :
Where is the Miqat for 'Umrah of a person who lives in Makkah?
Answer:
The Miqat of 'Umrah for whoever is in Makkah is the area outside of the Sacred Area of the city. This is because when 'A'ishah requested permission from the Prophet to perform a single 'Umrah after she had performed Hajj with him as a Qiran Hajj, he ordered her brother 'Abdur-Rahman to go with her to At-Tan'im so that she could assume Ihram from there for 'Umrah. At-Tan'im is the closest place to the sacred boundary of Makkah. That occurred during the night. If Ihram for 'Umrah was permissible from Makkah or any place in the Sacred Area, the Prophet would not have put such a difficulty on himself, 'A'ishah and her brother, by ordering her brother to take her to At-Tan'im to assume Ihram for 'Umrah. That was during the night and they were traveling, and that required that he wait for her. Were it permissible, he would have allowed her to assume Ihram from her place with him in the valley of Makkah, acting upon the ease of the Islamic law and its flexibility. This is also known from the fact that he was not given the choice between two things except that he would choose the easiest of them as long as it was not a sin. If it were a sin, he was the farthest person away from it. Since he did not permit her to assume Ihram for 'Umrah from the valley of Makkah, this proves that the sacred precinct of Makkah is not a Miqat for Ihram for 'Umrah. This particularizes the Hadith which states: "The Messenger of Allâh designated the Miqat for the people of Al-Madinah as Thul-Hulayfah, for the people of Ash-Sham as
Al-Juhfah, for the people of Al-Yemen as Yalamlam and he said:
"They are for them and whoever passes by them from other than their people, from those who wish to perform Hajj and Umrah. And whoever is closer (to Makkah) than that, then his place of assuming Ihram is from wherever he begins. Even the people of Makkah assume Ihram from Makkah."
Source:
The Permanent Committee
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 4 Pages 81-82
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