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
Clockwise from top left:
Miqat Qarn al-Manazil, Miqat Yalamlam, Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah, Miqat al-Juhfah
Religion
AffiliationIslam
ProvinceDhu al-Hulayfah: Madinah Province
Others: Makkah Province
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.[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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