Leaving Makkah Mukarramah To Go Shopping
Question
With regards to being in Makkah, if a person leaves Makkah to go for shopping for a day and returns to Makkah, is it necessary to adorn Ihram and make Umrah?
Answer
If a person leaves Makkah to go shopping, he will either remain within the precincts of the Meeqaat, or he will surpass the Meeqaat boundary.
1- If he remains within the Meeqaat boundary, for example he goes from Makkah to Jeddah, then he will not need to don the Ihraam upon re-entering Makkah.
2- If he surpasses the Meeqaat boundary, then upon re-entering Makkah he must don the Ihraam and perform Umrah or Hajj.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
Fataawaa Mahmoodiyyah V.15 P.393
Fataawaa Raheemiyyah V.6 P.74 Darul Ishaa’at
Aap Ke Masaa’l Aur Un Kaa Hall V.5 P.325
Mu’allimul Hujjaaj P.102 Maktabah Thanwi
Manaasik Mullah Ali al-Qari P.83-84 Idaaratul Quran
Ghunyatun Naasik P.29 Idaaratul Quran
- Approved by
- Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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