Is it permissible for a person coming from Jeddah to visit his family in Mecca and his wife to enter into a state of ihram for Umrah from Al-Ji'ranah on Saturday?
If you intend to perform ' while on this journey, then it is obligatory for you to enter into the state of from Jeddah, because Jeddah is closer to Makkah than the . This is based on the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) hadiths: "Whoever is within these boundaries, his place for ihram is from his dwelling... even the people of Makkah enter ihram from it [Makkah itself]," and "Whoever is within that [the boundaries of the miqats], then from where he originates, even the people of Makkah from Makkah." Furthermore, Sheikh Ibn Baz clarified that Jeddah is a miqat for its residents and those residing there, and the fatwas of the Permanent Committee concurred with this.
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