Is it mustahabb for everyone who wants to enter ihram for Hajj or ‘Umrah to stipulate a condition?
Question

                Is it mustahabb for everyone who wants to enter ihram for Hajj or ‘Umrah to stipulate a condition when entering ihram?
Praise be to Allah.
    Stipulating a condition with regard to 
    Hajj refers to when a person stipulates, when entering ihram, that if 
    anything prevents him from continuing, he will exit ihram from the place 
    where he is prevented from continuing. 

    The scholars (may Allah have mercy on 
    them) differed as to whether it is prescribed to make this condition. Some 
    of them said that it is not prescribed at all, because the Prophet 
    (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did Hajj and ‘Umrah, and there is 
    no report from him to suggest that he stipulated this condition either in 
    his Hajj or in his ‘Umrah. And it is well-known that there were with him 
    people who were sick, but he did not instruct the people to stipulate this 
    condition. Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him), during the 
    ‘Umrah of al-Hudaybiyah, came to the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah 
    be upon him) when he was sick with an infestation of lice that were falling 
    onto his face from his head. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be 
    upon him) said to him: “I did not realise that your problem had become as 
    bad as I see it”, and he instructed him to shave his head and offer a fidyah 
    (sacrifice of a sheep) or fast or feed (poor persons). This story is 
    well-known in as-Saheehayn and elsewhere. 

    Some of the scholars say that it is 
    prescribed in all cases, and that it is mustahabb for a person to stipulate, 
    when entering ihram: “If anything prevents me (from continuing), then my 
    exiting ihram is where I am prevented.” They gave as the reason for that the 
    fact that there is no guarantee that anyone will be safe from obstacles that 
    may arise during ihram, which may require him to exit ihram, so if he has 
    stipulated this condition, it will be easy for him to exit ihram. 

    Some of the scholars say that if the 
    person fears that an obstacle may arise, he should stipulate this condition, 
    otherwise he should not. 

    The correct view is that stipulating this 
    condition is not prescribed except in cases where a person fears that some 
    obstacle may prevent him from completing his pilgrimage, such as if he is 
    sick and his sickness worsens, so that he is not able to complete his 
    pilgrimage. In that case he should stipulate this condition. But if he is 
    not afraid of some obstacle that will prevent him from completing his 
    pilgrimage, then he should not stipulate this condition. This view 
    reconciles all the evidence, the reason being that the Prophet (blessings 
    and peace of Allah be upon him) did ‘Umrah and Hajj, and he did not 
    stipulate any condition and he did not tell the people in general to 
    stipulate conditions when entering ihram. But when Dubaa‘ah bint az-Zubayr 
    ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her) told him that she 
    wanted to do Hajj but she was sick, the Prophet (blessings and peace of 
    Allah be upon him) said to her: “Do Hajj, and stipulate: My exiting ihram 
    will be where I am prevented (from continuing), then you will have 
    permission from your Lord to do so.” So anyone whose situation is like hers 
    may stipulate this condition, and those whose situation is not like this 
    should not do so. End quote.