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The meeqaats (places for assuming iHraam) are five: Dhul Hulaifah,
Al-Juhfah, Qarn-ul manaazil, Yalamlam and Dhaatu `Irq. They are for
those who live there and those who pass by them intending Hajj or 'Umrah.
And he whose house is nearer than them to Makkah then he makes
iHraam from his house, the people of Makkah making iHraam from
Makkah. DHUL HULAIFAH is the
place for the people of Madinah and is a village six or seven miles
away - and it is the furthest meeqaat from Makkah - being ten riding
stations away - or less depending on the route, there being many
routes from there to Makkah as Ibn Taimiyyah points out. And it is
called ((waadi ul `Aqeeq,)) and its masjid is called ((Masjid-ush-shajarah))
(mosque of the Tree), and there is spring there called `the spring
of `Ali' by the ignorant masses - believing that `Ali : killed a
jinn there - and that is a lie.
And AL-JUHFAH is a village between
Madinah and Makkah - about three travel stages away. It is the
meeqat for the people of Madinah if they come by this route. Ibn
Taimiyyah said: "It is the meeqaat for those who make Hajj from the
direction of the west, like the people of Shaam (Greater Syria) and
Egypt and the rest of the West. And it is today ruined and deserted,
therefore the people now go into iHraam before it in the place
called "Raabigh".
Qarn UL MANAAZIL - which is also
called "Qarn-uth-Tha'aalib" is near Makkah - being a day and night's
journey away - and is the meeqaat for the people of Najd.
YALAMLAM is a place two nights
distant from Makkah, thirty miles away and is the meeqaat for the
people of Yemen.
And DHAATU TRQ is a place out in
the desert, marking the border between Najd and Tihaamah, being
forty-two miles from Makkah. It is the meeqaat for the people of
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