Miqat

Mīqātu Qarnul-Manāzil
Mīqāti Yalamlam
Mīqātu Dhāti ʿIrq
Mīqātal-Juḥfah
Mīqātu Dhul-Ḥulayfah
مِيْقَاتُ قَرْنُ ٱلْمَنَازِل
مِيْقَاتِ يَلَمْلَم
مِيْقَاتُ ذَاتِ عِرْق
مِيْقَاتَ ٱلْجُحْفَة
مِيْقَاتِ ذُو ٱلْحُلَيْفَة
Miqat Qarn al-Manazil at As-Sayl Al-Kabir, north of Taif
Religion
AffiliationIslam
ProvinceHejaz (Makkah and Al-Madinah)
RiteIhram
Location
Country Saudi Arabia
Website
www.hajinformation.com/main/e101.htm

The miqat[1] (Arabic: مِيْقَات, romanizedmīqāt, lit.'a stated place') is a principal boundary at which Muslim pilgrims intending to perform the Ḥajj or ʿUmrah must enter the state of iḥrām (lit. 'prohibition'), a state of consecration in which certain permitted activities are made prohibited.

There are five mawāqīt (مَوَاقِيْت). Four of these were defined by the Islamic prophet Muhammad. One was defined by the second Rashidun caliph, Umar ibn Al-Khattab, to fulfill the needs of pilgrims from the newly annexed regions in Mesopotamia and Persia.[2]

  1. ^ Hughes, Thomas Patrick (1994). Dictionary of Islam. Chicago, IL, the USA: Kazi Publications Inc. USA. ISBN 0-935782-70-2.
  2. ^ "Meeqath | Hajj & Umrah Planner". Hajjumrahplanner.com. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-10.

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