'Irq(7), it is the miqat for the people of the East, according to the opinion of most scholars, and it is the school of Malik, Abu Thawr, and the people of reason (ashab al-ra'y). Ibn Abd al-Barr said: The scholars have reached consensus that the ihram of the Iraqi from Dhat 'Irq is an ihram from the miqat. It was narrated from Anas that he used to assume ihram from al-'Aqiq(8). This was deemed commendable by al-Shafi'i, Ibn al-Mundhir, and Ibn Abd al-Barr. Al-Hasan ibn Salih used to assume ihram from al-Rabadhah(9). This was also narrated from Khusayf(10) and al-Qasim ibn Abd al-Rahman. Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) designated al-'Aqiq as the miqat for the people of the East. Al-Tirmidhi(11) said: It is a hasan (good) hadith. Ibn Abd al-Barr said: Al-'Aqiq is more appropriate and safer than Dhat 'Irq, and Dhat 'Irq is their miqat by consensus. The scholars disagreed regarding who designated Dhat
=closer than the mawaqit, and the Chapter on the site of ihram for the people of Yemen, and the Chapter on entering the Haram and Mecca without ihram, from the Book of Hajj. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/165, 166, 3/21. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Mawaqit of Hajj and Umrah, from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/838, 839. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the Mawaqit, from the Book of Manasik. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/403. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the miqat of the people of Yemen, and the Chapter on those whose family is closer than the miqat, from the Book of Manasik. Al-Mujtaba 5/94, 95, 96. And the second was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on the miqat of the people of Medina, and the Chapter on the site of ihram for the people of Najd, from the Book of Hajj. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/165, 166. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Mawaqit of Hajj and Umrah, from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/839, 840. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the Mawaqit, from the Book of Manasik. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/403. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the miqat of the people of Medina, the Chapter on the miqat of the people of Syria, and the Chapter on the miqat of the people of Najd, from the Book of Manasik. Al-Mujtaba 5/93, 95. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/11, 48, 55, 65, 151. (7) Dhat 'Irq: This is the boundary between Najd and Tihama. Mu'jam al-Buldan 3/651. (8) Al-'Aqiq: A valley on which the properties of the people of Medina are located, and the site of ihram for the people of Iraq is that which is in the bottom of the valley of Dhu al-Hulayfah. Mu'jam al-Buldan 3/701. (9) Al-Rabadhah: One of the villages of Medina, three miles away, near Dhat 'Irq. Mu'jam al-Buldan 2/748, 749. (10) Khusayf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Jazari, who saw Anas; he is considered weak in hadith narration. Ibn Sa'd said: He was reliable (thiqah), and he died in the year 137 AH. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 3/143, 144. (11) In: The Chapter on what has been reported regarding the Mawaqit of Ihram for people from distant lands, from the Chapters of Hajj. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/50, 51. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the Mawaqit, from the Book of Manasik. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/404.
