1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ibrahim al-Karkhiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah عليه السلام, about a man who assumes the state of Ihram for al- Hajj. He does it in a month, which is other than the months of al-Hajj. It is at a place other than those designated by the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause. He (the Imam) said, ‘His Ihram is not valid. If he likes, he can go to his home; and I do not see anything against him, or to continue and upon arriving at Miqat (place for assuming the state of Ihram), assume the state of Ihram at that point, and make it an al-‘Umrah. It is more virtuous than his returning home when he has already announced his state of Ihram for al- Hajj.’”