The place where Muslims declare their intention to make Hajj or Umrah and begin the state of Ihram. The Miqat boundary is anchored by different townships and locations in different directions around the Kaabah. They are 1-Thul-Halaifa in the North, 2-Yalamlam in the South-East, 3-That ' Irq in the North-East, 4-al- Juhfah in the North-West, 5-Qarn al-Manazil in the East.