Does One Who Came from Mecca to Jeddah on Some Need Require Ihram to Return to Mecca?

Question

Question: A written answer was given that, if Jeddah is taken to be a miqat, then for people who come from Mecca to Jeddah on business, ihram is not binding when they return from Jeddah to Mecca. What is the reason for this — is it that one who lives at the miqat, and whoever is in his ruling, does not need ihram when going to Mecca for some need? Some people were of the view that since he has come back to the miqat, a second ihram will be necessary for the rulings of entering Mecca anew.

Answer

From a place beyond which one may not proceed towards the Haram without ihram, after one has gone out of that place it is not permissible to go again to Mecca the Venerated without ihram. Even if Jeddah is hypothetically accepted as a miqat, then when he goes out of Jeddah and a re-entry then takes place, it will be binding to enter ihram again; merely because of entering…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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