Ihram from Yalamlam

Question

Question: Zayd, travelling by ship, did not enter ihram at Yalamlam, although the other people — both ordinary folk and people of knowledge — entered ihram right there and told Zayd to do so as well; but Zayd entered ihram only on reaching Jeddah. In such a situation, because he delayed the ihram beyond the miqat, is a dam or a fidya binding on Zayd, or not? If it is, what exactly is binding, and is it sufficient to discharge it in India itself, or must it be sent to the Haram?

Answer

The generality of the scholars of India hold that entering ihram at Yalamlam is obligatory. Passing the miqat without ihram is, in the case of a pilgrim, a violation (jinaya), on account of which a dam becomes binding, that is, one goat is to be sacrificed; and this sacrifice is not sufficient in India — rather, money should be given and someone made responsible for carrying…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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