Ruling on Being Prevented from Entering Makkah Without a Ḥajj Permit After Iḥrām

Ruling on Entering Makkah Without a Ḥajj Permit After Donning Iḥrām
Source: Fatāwā Arkān al-Islām

❖ Scenario​

If a person puts on iḥrām from the mīqāt for Ḥajj but, upon arrival at Makkah, is stopped at the checkpoint due to not having a Ḥajj permit, he is considered mahṣūr (prevented from reaching the Ḥaram).

❖ Sharʿī Ruling for the Mahṣūr​

• He must slaughter a sacrificial animal (hady) at the place where he was stopped.
• After offering the hady, he may exit the state of iḥrām.

❖ If the Ḥajj Was Obligatory or Voluntary​

• If it was the obligatory Ḥajj (Ḥajj al-Islām):
  He must perform it in the future as part of the original obligation, not as a make-up (qaḍāʾ).
• If it was a voluntary Ḥajj:
  The stronger opinion is that nothing further is required after exiting iḥrām.

❖ Evidence from the Sunnah​

This situation occurred with the Companions at al-Ḥudaybiyyah, when they were barred from entering Makkah.

• The Prophet ﷺ did not command them to make up that ʿUmrah later as a qaḍāʾ for a missed act of worship.

❖ Qur’ānic Evidence​

Allah ﷻ says:


﴿فَإِن أُحصِرتُم فَمَا استَيسَرَ مِنَ الهَدىِ﴾
“But if you are prevented, then (offer) whatever sacrificial animal is easy (for you).”
(Al-Baqarah 2:196)


The verse mentions only the requirement of a sacrifice—no further obligations are mentioned.

❖ Clarification on “ʿUmrat al-Qaḍāʾ”​

The ʿUmrah known as ʿUmrat al-Qaḍāʾ is not called qaḍāʾ because it was a replacement for a missed act,

• but because it took place after a treaty (muqāḍāh) with the Quraysh, hence the name.

وَاللّٰهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَاب