He came to Jeddah with the intention of going to Madinah and entering ihram from there, but then he was prevented from going to Madinah and he entered ihram from Jeddah
Question

                My wife and I went for Hajj last year, but we did not put on the ihram garments until we reached Jeddah, because we assumed that we would go to Madinah first, but the authorities in Jeddah did not allow us to go to Madinah because of the timing of Hajj, because that was five days before the Hajj. Our intention was to put on the ihram in Madinah before coming back to Jeddah. Do we have to offer a sacrifice, both of us? How should we pay money for the two sacrifices from the USA?
Praise be to Allah.
	If the matter is 
	as you describe, that you reached Jeddah without ihram because you intended 
	to go to Madinah first, then enter ihram from there, but the authorities 
	prevented you from going to Madinah, so you entered ihram from Jeddah, then 
	there is no blame on you, because when you first went to Jeddah, you were 
	not intending to do Hajj, so you were not required to enter ihram from the 
	miqaat when you passed by it; rather you intended to do Hajj when you 
	travelled from Madinah, in which case you would have had to enter ihram from 
	its miqaat (Dhu’l-Hulayfah).

	Shaykh Ibn 
	‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: A man came from Jeddah 
	and did not enter ihram; first he went to al-Madinah al-Munawwarah to visit 
	the Prophet’s Mosque, then he entered ihram from the miqaat of the people of 
	Madinah; is this valid?

	He replied: 
	There is nothing wrong with that. That is, if a person comes from his 
	country, intending to go to Madinah first, and he halts in Jeddah, then he 
	travels from Jeddah to Madinah, then he comes back from Madinah having 
	entered ihram from the miqaat of the people of Madinah, there is nothing 
	wrong with that. End quote from Liqa’ al-Baab al-Maftooh (121/29)

	As it was not 
	possible to travel to Madinah, and then you decided to do Hajj, then you 
	could enter ihram from where you were, i.e., in Jeddah, and this is what you 
	did, praise be to Allah, so you do not have to do anything further.

	We ask Allah to 
	accept acts of worship from us and from you.

	And Allah knows 
	best.