and the ‘umrah of al-Ji‘rānah also took place in Dhū al-Qa‘dah. All his ‘umrahs took place in Dhū al-Qa‘dah, the middle month of the Hajj months. Through this, he demonstrated to the Muslims that performing ‘umrah during the Hajj months is permissible. When he and those with him performed ‘umrat al-qadiyyah, they likewise entered ihrām at Dhū al-Hulayfah, entered Mecca, and stayed there for three days. That year, he married Maymūnah bint al-Hārith.

Then, in 8 AH, the people of Mecca broke the treaty, so the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, marched against them in Ramadan with approximately ten thousand men in the campaign of the Conquest. He entered Mecca without being in ihrām, wearing a headguard, and circumambulated the House. He stayed in Mecca for seventeen nights and did not perform ‘umrah during this visit. When he learned that Hawāzin had mustered against him, he marched against them in the campaign of Hunayn. After that, he besieged al-Tā’if but did not conquer it. He distributed the spoils of Hunayn at al-Ji‘rānah and then set out from there to perform ‘umrah. Thus, in that ‘umrah, he was arriving in Mecca; he had not gone out from Mecca to al-Ji‘rānah.

Anyone setting out to perform Hajj or ‘umrah from a place on the Meccan side of the designated points of ihrām must enter ihrām at that place. As related in the two Sahīh collections, Ibn ‘Abbās said:

“The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, designated Dhū al-Hulayfah for the people of Medina, al-Juhfah for the people of Syria, Qarn al-Manāzil for the people of Najd, and Yalamlam for the people of Yemen. These points are for their people and for anyone from elsewhere who passes through them intending to perform Hajj or ‘umrah. Anyone living nearer Mecca than these points enters ihrām from his home. Likewise, the people of Mecca enter ihrām from Mecca.”