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Question
Are inhabitants of Jeddah considered to be living in the Sacred Precincts?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
Jeddah does not lie within the boundaries of the Sacred Precincts. Consequently, the people who live in Jeddah are not living in the Sacred Precincts. Now, there are marks that distinguish the boundaries that were demarcated by Prophet Ibraaheem (Abraham) 
.
An-Nawawi 
said, “There are marks established in all sides of the Sacred Precincts. Al-Azraqi and others mentioned through their chains of narrators that Prophet Ibraaheem demarcated the area and established such marks there. Jibreel (Gabriel) showed him their places. Then our Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, ordered marking them, then they were marked by ‘Umar and ‘Uthmaan 
and later on by Mu‘aawiyah 
. They are still visible until now- all perfect praise is due to Allaah.”
Allaah Knows best.
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