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 in ruins, that is why people go into ihrâm before, at the place called Raabigh” 

-Qarn ul-Manâzil

Also called Qarn uth-Tha'âlib is a day and a night's walk from Mekka, and it is the people's miqat coming from the Najd (central region of the Arabian Peninsula).

-Dhâtu-'Irq

Is located in the desert at the border between the region of Najd and Tihama about 65 km from Mekka.This is the Iraqi people's miqat.

-Yalamlam

Is a 2-night walk (about 50 km) from Mekka. It is the miqat of the people of Yemen.