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Is a resident working in Mecca considered one of its people, and do its rulings regarding Hajj and Umrah apply to him?

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If a Muslim is residing in Mecca for work and then performs ihram from there, he is considered one of its residents, and the rulings pertaining to its people in Hajj and Umrah apply to him. A traveler becomes a resident if he enters his homeland or intends to reside in a place under specific conditions, and the ruling of travel ceases for him, and the rulings of a resident apply to him. This includes the fact that a pilgrim from outside the Mawaqit (Afāqī) residing within the spatial Mawaqit or within the Haram (sacred precinct) is granted the ruling of a resident within the Mawaqit or within the Haram with regard to ihram, farewell circumambulation (Tawaf al-Wada'), arrival circumambulation (Tawaf al-Qudum), Qiran (combining Hajj and Umrah), and Tamattu' (performing Umrah then Hajj with separate ihram). So, if a person resides in Mecca until the months of Hajj begin and performs another Umrah, he is not considered a Mutamatti' (one performing Tamattu' Hajj) because he has become like the people of Mecca, and the people of Mecca do not perform Tamattu'.

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