Q: I would like to inform Your Eminence of the location of the governorate of Badr in Al-Madinah Al-Nabawiyyah because people differ on specifying their Miqat (site for entering the ritual state for Hajj or `Umrah). Some people mentioned a Fatwa (legal opinion issued by a qualified Muslim scholar) issued by Your Eminence stating that people of this governorate should enter the state of Ihram from their homes in Badr. Shaykh, (Part No. 10; Page No. 84) The governorate of Badr lies to the south west of Madinah, 150 kilometers from Madinah and the Miqat of Abar `Aly. This governorate lies at the old road between Makkah and Al-Madinah, about 120 kilometers off Rabigh and Miqat of Al-Juhfah. The order of places from Makkah to Al-Madinah is as follows:We walk from Makkah to the Miqat of Al-Juhfah then to Badr and then to Abar `Aly and then to Al-Madinah. Badr lies at the road of the people of the Levant (the region covering Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine) who pass by Badr and then walk with the people of Badr in the same way until they reach the Miqat of Al-Juhfah. Moreover, Badr is not parallel to any Miqat. Rather, it lies beyond the Miqat of Abar `Aly from the direction of Makkah and before the Miqat of the people of the Levant (the region covering Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine). Hence, is the Miqat of people of Badr the same as the Miqat of the people of the Levant, i.e., Al-Juhfah, or is it at their homes? We need your answer so that people will have a clear vision and have their confusion dispelled. May Allah safeguard you.