8. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from Mu‘awiyah who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah , say this Hadith. ‘It is not proper to assume the state of Ihram before Miqat. They are (places for assuming the state of Ihram) designated by the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, except when one is afraid of missing the month of al-‘Umrah.’”