HAJJ AND UMRAH GUIDE

A person was performing tawaf around the Kabah and in the fifth lifth
Que bon "', "l circuIt. circuit, for example, before he completed it the iqamah for prayer was
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'} called. So he prayed and then stood up to complete his tawaf. tawal. Does the
, i' _........ .-_...... fifth circuit count for him when he continues from where he stopped, or
. is the circuit annulled so he must begin it again from the Black Stone?
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It is correct that in such a case the circuit is not invalidated and he
y Answer I may begin from the place he paused to pray with wilh the imam.
We Wc live livp in Australia. Ailslralia and every everu year vpar a large l1rdc grQUp arorrn of Australian
Ar/stralian
Duestlon f- Muslims perlorm the obllgalory Hail· We travel from Sydn y, and the
.:.====.,1 I first landing point for us could be anyone of three' Jeddah. Abu DhabI
._ • or BahraIn. Whe is our meeqal? Do w assume Ihrem from Sydney
or from some other pJac ?
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Neither Sydney, Abu Dhabi or Bahrain Is a meeqal lor Hall or Umrah
Answer Nor is Jeddah a meeqat for those from outsIde like you; rather. 11 Is a
meeqat for Its nes dents You should assume Ihram at the first meeqat
you pass over by air on your way to Makkah. The Prophet ~ 4& said upon
designating the meeqats,
"They are for those who come from them lhem and those who come from
beyond them who intend Hajj or Umrah."
(AI-Bukhari (AFBukhari and Muslim)
You can ask one of the airline crew to inform you before approaching it and
if you make the intention intenlion to enter ihram for Hajj or Umrah and recite the lhe
talbiyah before the meeqat for fear lear of crossing it without ihram, it is alright akight
Preparation for lor ihram by removing hair, bathing and wearing the ihram
garments can be done in any place, even at home before setting out.