had entered ihram from Makkah, at al-Abtaḥ (1). From this hadith, we understand that whoever is within these miqats should enter ihram from his location.

For example, the people of al-Sharāʾiʿ, on the route of the people of Najd: if they wish to enter ihram, we do not tell them, “Go back to Qarn al-Manāzil and enter ihram from there.” Rather, we tell them, “Enter ihram from where you are.” The same applies to the people of Jeddah: they have no need to go either to al-Juḥfah or to Dhū al-Ḥulayfah.

Consider this prophetic wording: he ﷺ said, “from where he begins,” rather than, “from his town,” because his town may lie within the miqats, while he may be elsewhere, away from his town, when he forms the intention for Umrah or Hajj. In that case, we say: “Enter ihram from where you formed your intention.”

If a Makkan is outside Makkah for some purpose, then returns to Makkah during the days of Hajj intending to perform Hajj that year, he is not required to enter in a state of ihram for Umrah, because he has returned to his hometown and has not returned for the purpose of performing Umrah.

The author’s statement, “Whoever among the people of Makkah performs Hajj enters ihram from there,” does not carry an implied restriction—I mean his words, “among the people of Makkah.” Whoever performs Hajj from Makkah, whether one of its residents or not, enters ihram from Makkah. Had the wording been, “Whoever performs Hajj from Makkah enters ihram from there,” it would have included both the people of Makkah and others. However, may Allah have mercy on him, he followed others in this wording and said: “Whoever among the people of Makkah performs Hajj enters ihram from there.”

His statement, “For Umrah, he enters ihram from outside the Sacred Precinct,” means that a resident of Makkah performing Umrah enters ihram from outside the Sacred Precinct—that is, from any place beyond its boundaries. The Sacred Precinct has defined boundaries