Entering ihram early: those who permitted entering ihram from a distant place

Al-Hasan says that Ibn Amir entered ihram from Khurasan.

Abd al-Rahman bin Amr bin al-As says: I once set out with the intention of Hajj and met Sayyiduna Uthman bin Abi al-As (may Allah be pleased with him); he had entered ihram from al-Munjashaniyyah, which is near Basrah.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) says: We set out for Makkah, and Humayd bin Abd al-Rahman was with us, and we entered ihram from al-Darat (a pass between mountains).

Muslim bin Yasar entered ihram from the place al-Dariyyah (which is a settlement between Makkah and Basrah).

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) entered ihram from Basrah.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) entered ihram from Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem).

Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) entered ihram from the place al-Saylahin (which is a village of Baghdad).

Ibrahim said: They used to like that a man, the first time he enters ihram, should begin the talbiyah from his own house.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) entered ihram from Syria (al-Sham) in the season of severe cold.

The father of Hilal bin Khabbab said: I set out from Kufah with Sa'id bin Jubayr, in the state of ihram.

Al-Harith bin Qays said: I set out with the companions of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) to go to Makkah. When we left the houses, the time of prayer came, so they all prayed two rak'ahs and then recited the talbiyah. So I too recited the talbiyah with them, although I did not intend to, because I disliked differing from them.

Al-Aswad used to enter ihram from his house.

Al-Hakam bin Atiyyah said: A person who had seen Qays bin Ubad told me that he saw him entering ihram from the Mirbad of Basrah (where poets used to gather).

Alqamah, when he set out for Hajj, would enter ihram from al-Najaf.

And al-Aswad used to enter ihram from al-Qadisiyyah.

Abu al-Juwayriyah said: I saw al-Aswad entering ihram from Bajumayra, which is one of the villages of al-Sawad (the farmland of Iraq).

Isma'il bin Abi Khalid said: I saw al-Aswad entering ihram from Kufah.

Makhul al-Azdi said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): A man enters ihram from Samarqand, from Basrah and from Kufah? He said: "Would that we could only keep properly to the miqat that has been appointed for us."

Abu al-Umays said: I set out with al-Qasim, and he entered ihram from the place al-Rabadhah.

Ibn Abi Layla said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) entered ihram from Madinah.

Ash'ath bin Abi al-Sha'tha said: I saw al-Harith bin Suwayd al-Taymi and Amr bin Maymun entering ihram from Kufah.

Abdullah bin Salimah said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about the saying of Allah: "And complete the Hajj and the Umrah for Allah" [al-Baqarah: 196]. He said: "It is that you enter ihram from the doorstep of your own home."

Tawus said: Their completion means beginning each of them separately (on its own), afresh from one's own home (by entering ihram there).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) entered ihram from Syria (al-Sham) in the season of severe cold.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever recites the talbiyah for Umrah from Bayt al-Maqdis (having entered ihram there), he is forgiven."