About the ehram for umrah…?
We are going on umrah this year inshallah. We’ll be flying with British airlines on a direct flight and so it will be very hard to travel from the uk to jedha with the ehram on for the men. We thought that we could go to aisha mosque first, get dressed into the ehram and make our intentions to travel and perform our umrah from there, islamically would this be accepted?
Knowledgeable answers pls, no opinions.
Also do you know of any good sites to ask an imaam/sheikh?
Thank you!
I’ve just read that you should be in the state of ihram before you enter Meeqat as you have said. So inshallah we’ll leave in our ihram or change before Meeqat, thanks! 
Salam Alaikum,
You need to be in Ihram before the Meeqat is passed in the Air.
This is because Ihram at the Meeqat is a Rukn of Hajj/Umrah.
So whether he wears his ihram from home, or on the Plane just before they announce the Meeqat, it will be fine insha’Allah.
It is also Sunnah for you to do Umrah straight away after you land in Makkah.
And regarding Masjid Aisha, you can go there to do Ihram if you want to perform another Umrah because that will be your Meeqat from Makkah. (I did this.. it was only approx 20 mins away from al Haram)
Hope this helps Insha’Allah… May Allah swt make this trip easy and accept it from you.
May 28th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
islamqa.com but idk if theyll answer your question fast enough
ive never been to saudi yet, but why dont you ask someone at your masjid? im sure youll get a hit
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May 28th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Salam, as im in the city of Makkah. as far as i know n have been guiding all my relatives even who come from america, its better if u can wear ihram from ur home if ur cmng 4 the first time or else u can wear it in the transit city or if even thats a problem the least is wearing in the flight when meeqat is announced.
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May 28th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Salam Alaikum,
You need to be in Ihram before the Meeqat is passed in the Air.
This is because Ihram at the Meeqat is a Rukn of Hajj/Umrah.
So whether he wears his ihram from home, or on the Plane just before they announce the Meeqat, it will be fine insha’Allah.
It is also Sunnah for you to do Umrah straight away after you land in Makkah.
And regarding Masjid Aisha, you can go there to do Ihram if you want to perform another Umrah because that will be your Meeqat from Makkah. (I did this.. it was only approx 20 mins away from al haram)
Hope this helps Insha’Allah… May Allah swt make this trip easy and accept it from you.
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May 28th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
If your airplain is not directly lading in Mecca and is landing in Jeddah, then you all can wear ehrams in Jeddah or on way to Mecca stop at Meeqat and wear ehram there.
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May 28th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Yea this is acceptable. That is only for hajj that you have to wear from during travel. You can go in your normal cloths and then there before starting you can start.
It was really pleasure for me to go there every friday. Time passes so fast.
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