Fatwa #2695823 September 2013Saudi Arabia
Miqat for those travelling from Khobar
Question
I would like to clarify one thing I want to go hajj in this year but I am staying in AL-khobar KSA I want to be wear Ihram from Jeddah shall I go directly in Jeddah to stay 3 days for a muqami then I can wear Ihram from Jeddah for do umrah, Is this right way will you please clarify.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
In principle, the Miqat for those travelling from the east is Dhat Irq. [i] Therefore, if you are travelling from Khobar, Saudi Arabia through Dhat Irq which is situated in the east of Makkah Mukarramah, you will have to don the ihram before or at Dhat Irq.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Fahad Abdul Wahab
Student Darul Iftaa
New York, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
www.Daruliftaa.net
[i]و خامسها: ذات عرق, و هى ميقات اهل العراق , و جميع اهل المشرق
ميقات اهل العرق, و هى الحد بين نجد و تهامة , و هى على مرحلتين من مكة [100 كيلوميتر تقريبا] و تسمي الان الضربية
[المسالك فى المناسك ج1 ص296]
غنية الناسك فى بغية المناسك ص52 ادارة القران
الهداية ج1 ص252 مكتبة رحبانية