The 5 places of Miqats
-Dhu'l-Hulayfah Is the place where the people of Al-Madinah enter into ihrām (state of socialization)? For umrah and hajj packages Cheapest Umrah Packages UK . It is a village about 10 km from Al-Madinah and is the farthest miqat from Makkah. Between Makkah and Al-Madinah, there are more or less 10 days of walking along the path, as there are many, as Shaykh ul-Islâm Ibn Taymiyya رحمه الله reports. This place is also called Wadil-'Aqiq and the masjid there are called Masjid ush-Shajara. There is a well that the ignorant call Bir 'Ali, because they think that Ali (R.A) fought a jinn and that is false. -Al-Juhfa Is a village which is about 3 days walk from Mekka and it is the mîqat of the people of Shâm and Egypt and also people of Al-Madinah if they follow this path. Ibn Taymiyya رحمه الله said: "It is the mite of the pilgrims who come from the west like the people of the Shâm of Egypt and the others coming from the west. Nowadays, this place is ...