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Is it permissible to enter into ihram for Hajj as a Mutamatti' from Jeddah for someone coming from Egypt for work and then intending to perform Hajj, or must he return to the Miqat of the people of Egypt?

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Whoever intends to perform Hajj or Umrah and is outside the Miqats, it is obligatory for him to enter into a state of ihram from the Miqat. However, for someone whose home is within the Miqat, like the people of Jeddah, he enters into a state of ihram from his home, due to the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: "And whoever is closer than that, then from where he originates." So, if you did not intend Hajj until after you arrived in Jeddah, then you enter into a state of ihram from your current location. You are not obliged to go to the Miqat, and this is what Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen ruled for someone who was on a mission and did not resolve to perform Hajj until after passing the Miqat.

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