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Dhat Irq (the pilgrim's station for the people of Iraq)

ذات عرق

Dhat Irq is the pilgrim's station (miqat) for the people of Iraq and for others who pass it, two stages from Mecca. 1 All agree that a pilgrim or umra-goer passing it must enter the state of ihram there, and that the four other stations are fixed by the text. Whether Dhat Irq is fixed by the text or by Umar's judgement is disputed: the Hanafis, the majority of the Shafi'is and Hanbalis and Ata' hold it is fixed by the text, while Malik in the Mudawwana and al-Shafi'i in al-Umm hold it is fixed by judgement. 2 3

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Summary

Dhat Irq is the pilgrim's station (miqat) for the people of Iraq and for others who pass it, two stages from Mecca. 1 All agree that a pilgrim who passes it intending hajj or umra must enter the state of ihram there. 2

Whether it is fixed by the text

All agree that the four other stations are fixed by the text. Whether Dhat Irq is fixed by the text or by judgement is disputed. 2 The Hanafis, Ibn al-Hattab among the Malikis, the majority of the Shafi'is and the Hanbalis hold it fixed by the text, as does Ata' ibn Abi Rabah; Malik in the Mudawwana and al-Shafi'i in al-Umm hold it fixed by judgement, as do Tawus and Ibn Sirin. 2 Those who hold it textual cite the report of Jabir on the stations for the people of Iraq, and the report of Aisha, and say that together they strengthen one another. 2 3 Those who hold it a matter of judgement cite the report of Ibn Umar that Umar fixed it when the two garrison towns were conquered. 3

People and things also explored

The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8371
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8372
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8373
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islam.museum contributors. “Dhat Irq (the pilgrim's station for the people of Iraq)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/dhat-irq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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The ruling on one who abandons prayer

Al-Sallabi quotes Ali: whoever does not pray is an unbeliever. He then reports from al-Nawawi the dispute over one who neglects prayer while believing it obligatory: the majority (Malik, al-Shafi'i) hold him a sinner to be asked to repent, others hold him an unbeliever, a view ascribed to Ali; Abu Hanifa and the Kufans hold him not an unbeliever but to be disciplined.