He is studying in Makkah and his family are in Jeddah; from where should he enter ihram for Hajj?

Question

Praise be to Allah.

If your family are in Jeddah and you are living in Makkah
only for the purpose of study and you do not have a family there, then if
you are in Jeddah and want to go to Makkah for Hajj, not for study, you
have to enter ihraam from Jeddah. The same applies to your friend, if he
lives there but does not have a family there and he forms the intention to
do Hajj when he is in Madeenah, he has to enter ihram from Dhu’l-Hulayfah.
The fact that you want to work during the Hajj does not permit you not to
enter ihraam from where you are, because you have decided to do Hajj
during this journey and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said, after describing the miqaats: “And these meeqaats are for the
people at those very places, and besides them for those who come through
those places with the intention of performing Hajj and ‘Umrah.” Narrated
by al-Bukhaari (1524) and Muslim (1181).

Shaykh Muhammad al-Mukhtaar al-Shanqeeti (may Allah preserve
him) was asked: if a person is studying in Makkah throughout the year but is
not one of the local people, and he went to his home city then came back to
perform Hajj, when he comes to the miqaat does he have to enter ihraam from
that point or is he regarded as one of the people of Makkah and is it
sufficient for him to enter ihram from there?

He replied:

This matter is subject to further discussion. If he is going
out to his own city or to visit his family before the months of Hajj begin,
then he enters Makkah before the months of Hajj begin, in that case he
should enter ihram for Hajj from Makkah, and he comes under the same rulings
as the people of Makkah, because the time of Hajj has not yet begun.

But if he left Makkah after the month of Shawwaal began, then
he entered Makkah from any direction, then he comes under the same rulings
as the people who entered the city from that direction and he should only
enter with the intention of doing ‘umrah, or enter without any such
intention, then when the time for Hajj comes, he should go out to the miqaat
that he passed. The reason for this is because it is the time of Hajj, and
if a person passes by the miqaat at the time of Hajj and with the intention
of performing Hajj, then he has to enter ihram from that point, and this is
in compliance with the hadeeth “And these miqaats are for the people at
those very places, and besides them for those who come through those places
with the intention of performing Hajj and ‘Umrah”. So he passed the miqaat,
intending to do Hajj after the time for it began, so he has to enter ihram
from this miqaat. In that case it should be said to him: Either enter ihram
for ‘umrah then exit ihram until the time for Hajj comes and you enter ihram
for Hajj in Makkah; in that case you are doing tamattu‘ Hajj and you have to
offer a sacrifice; or you may pass the miqaat without entering ihram, then
when the time for Hajj comes, go out to this miqaat and enter ihram from
there. And Allah knows best.

End quote from As’ilat Sharh Zaad al-Mustaqni‘

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And Allah knows best.