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HAJJ AND UMRAH GUIDE

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The Prophet 'IIi g specified five points for entering ihram for lorthose<br />

r·"'·· ,.. intending Hail Haii or Umrah. These are:<br />

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the meeqat for those lhose coming from Madinah. Today it is called "Abyar Ali", Ali"'<br />

and is 450 45O kilometers from lrom Makkah al-Mukarramah.<br />

AI-Juhtah<br />

the meeqat for those coming from lrom or through Syria, Jordan, northern<br />

Hijaz, North Africa and Egypt.!t Is near the lawn of Rablgh.<br />

183 k1lomelers from Makkah, from which people nowadays enter Ihram.<br />

the meeqator for those coming from or through Najd (eastern Arabia). It lt is<br />

now called "as-Sayl al-Kabeer"<br />

and lies 75 kilometers kilometars from Makkah.<br />

Yalamlam<br />

Dhatu Irq<br />

the meeqat for those coming from lrom Yemen and farther south<br />

Today, Today'<br />

people peopte assume ihram from as-Sadiyah,<br />

which is 92 kilometers kilomoters from Makkah.<br />

the meeqat for lor those coming from the direction of Iraq, lraq'<br />

which is 94 kilometers from Makkah al-Mukarramah.<br />

It is obligatory for lor everyone intending Hajj Haij or<br />

Umrah to 10 assume ihram<br />

before betore entering the area beyond these points. Any who knowingly pass<br />

through without ihram must return retum to the meeqat me€qat for tor ihram, ihram'<br />

otherwise the violation requires the slaughter of a sheep sh€op in Makkah for tor<br />

distribution diskibution to the poor ooor

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