She entered ihraam for ‘umrah from Makkah. What should she do?
Question

                I am a resident of Makkah and I wanted to do ‘umrah, but I did not go out to the meeqaat because my brother insisted that I did not have to do that. But I know that the meeqaats must be observed. What is the ruling? If I have to offer a sacrifice, and I want to send the meat outside the Kingdom, is that permissible?.
Praise be to Allah.
    Firstly: 

    Whoever is in Makkah and wants to do ‘umrah has to go outside 
    the Haram (sanctuary) to enter ihraam for ‘umrah. It is not permissible for 
    him to enter ihraam for ‘umrah from Makkah. If he does that, then according 
    to the majority of scholars he has to offer a sacrifice, i.e., slaughter a 
    sheep in Makkah and distribute its meat to the poor of the Haram. 

    Al-Bukhaari (1556) and Muslim (1211) narrated that ‘Aa’ishah 
    (may Allaah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him), said: “We went out with the Prophet  
    (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) for the Farewell Pilgrimage… and 
    when we had finished Hajj the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be 
    upon him) sent me with ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Abi Bakr to al-Tan’eem and I did 
    ‘umrah. 

    Al-Bukhaari (1215) and Muslim (1211) narrated that ‘Aa’ishah 
    (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: “O Messenger of Allaah, you have done 
    ‘umrah but I did not.” He said: “O ‘Abd al-Rahmaan, take your sister to do 
    ‘umrah from al-Tan’eem,” so he seated her behind him on a camel and she did 
    ‘umrah. 

    According to a report narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim, the 
    Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Take your 
    sister out of the Haram and let her enter ihraam for ‘umrah.” 

    Al-Nawawi said: 

    “Take your sister out of the Haram and let her enter ihraam 
    for ‘umrah” is indicative of what the ‘ulama’ said, that whoever is in 
    Makkah and wants to do ‘umrah, his meeqaat is the closest point that is 
    outside the Haram, and it is not permissible to enter ihraam from inside the 
    Haram. 

    The scholars said: Rather it is obligatory to go out to the 
    area outside the Haram so that he will be outside the Haram and then enter 
    the Haram, just as the pilgrim performing Hajj does both, because he stands 
    in ‘Arafah, which is outside the Haram, then he enters Makkah to do tawaaf 
    and saa’i, etc. This is the view of al-Shaafa’i. Similarly the majority of 
    scholars said that it is obligatory to go out to the closest point that is 
    outside the Haram to enter ihraam for ‘umrah, and that if a person enters 
    ihraam for ‘umrah from the Haram and does not go out, he must offer a 
    sacrifice.  ‘Ata’ said: he does not have to do anything. Maalik said: there 
    is no option other than going outside the Haram. Al-Qaadi ‘Iyaad said: 
    Maalik said: He must enter ihraam from al-Tan’eem in particular. They said: 
    This is the meeqaat for those who are doing ‘umrah from Makkah. But this is 
    an odd view that is rejected. The view of the majority is that all areas 
    outside the Haram are the same, and al-Tan’eem need not be singled out. And 
    Allaah knows best. 

    But with regard to one who is in Makkah and wants to enter 
    ihraam for Hajj, he may enter ihraam from where he is in Makkah, and he does 
    not have to go outside the Haram. 

    The evidence for that is the hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari 
    (1524) and Muslim (1181) from Ibn ‘Abbaas who said: The Prophet  (peace 
    and blessings of Allaah be upon him) defined the meeqaat of the people of 
    Madeenah as Dhu’l-Hulayfah; that of the people of Shaam (Syria) as 
    al-Jahfah; that of the people of Najd as Qarn al-Manaazil; and that of the 
    people of Yemen as Yalamlam. And he said: “And these meeqaats are for the 
    people at those very places, and besides them for those who come thorough 
    those places with the intention of performing Hajj and 'Umrah; and whoever 
    is living within these boundaries can enter Ihram from the place he starts, 
    and the people of Makkah can start from Makkah.” 

    Al-Haafiz said:  

    “ and the people of Makkah can start from Makkah” i.e., they 
    do not need to go out to the meeqaat to enter ihraam from there, rather they 
    may enter ihraam from Makkah. This applies only to the one who is doing 
    Hajj. As for the one who is doing ‘umrah, he has to go out to the closest 
    point that is outside the Haram. Al-Muhibb al-Tabari said: I do not know of 
    anyone who described Makkah as a meeqaat for ‘umrah. 

    Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in
    Manaasik al-Hajj wa’l-‘Umrah (p. 27), after mentioning the meeqaats: 
    Whoever is closer to Makkah than these meeqaats, his meeqaat is the place 
    where he is and he should enter ihraam from there, and the people of Makkah 
    should enter ihraam from Makkah, except in the case of ‘umrah, when those 
    who live in the Haram should enter ihraam from the closest point outside the 
    Haram. 

    Then he quoted as evidence the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah mentioned 
    above, about her doing ‘umrah with her brother ‘Abd al-Rahmaan. 

    Secondly: 

    It is obligatory to slaughter a sheep in Makkah and 
    distribute its meat to the poor of the Haram; it is not permissible to 
    distribute it outside Makkah. That is because Allaah says concerning the 
    penalty for hunting in the Haram (interpretation of the meaning): 

    “O you who believe! Kill not the game while you are in a 
    state of Ihraam [for Hajj or ‘Umrah (pilgrimage)], and whosoever of you 
    kills it intentionally, the penalty is an offering, brought to the Ka‘bah, 
    of an eatable animal (i.e. sheep, goat, cow) equivalent to the one he 
    killed, as adjudged by two just men among you”

    [al-Maa'idah 5:95] 

    “and afterwards they are brought for sacrifice unto the 
    ancient House (the Haram — sacred territory of Makkah)”

    [al-Hajj 22:33]
The Standing Committee 
    was asked about some people who entered ihraam for ‘umrah from Kada (a place 
    in Makkah) and did not go out to al-Tan’eem. 

    They replied: 
These people who entered 
    ihraam for ‘umrah from Kada made a mistake, because Kada is not outside the 
    Haram, rather it is part of the Haram and is not like al-Tan’eem or 
    al-Ji’raanah, because both al-Tan’eem and al-Ji’raanah are outside the 
    Haram. The Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did 
    ‘umrah from al-Ji’raanah and he did not do ‘umrah from al-Tan’eem, rather he 
    told ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Abi Bakr to go with his sister ‘Aa’ishah to enter 
    ihraam for ‘umrah from al-Tan’eem, because it was the closest place outside 
    the Haram. If it were permissible to enter ihraam for ‘umrah from inside the 
    boundaries of the Haram, he would have given ‘Aa’ishah permission to enter 
    ihraam from where she was in al-Abtah, and he would not have told her and 
    her brother to go to al-Tan’eem to enter ihraam for ‘umrah from there, 
    because that would cause unnecessary hardship when they were traveling. When 
    the Prophet  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was given the 
    choice between two things, he would always chose the one that was easier so 
    long as it was not a sin. Comparing Kada to al-Tan’eem and al-Ji’raanah is 
    not correct, because entering ihraam from the meeqaats is part of the 
    rituals. But their ‘umrahs are still valid. So each of them has to offer a 
    sacrifice for entering ihraam for ‘umrah from inside the Haram. 

    Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said in Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam 
    (p. 515): 

    Whoever wants to do Hajj or ‘umrah has to enter ihraam from 
    the meeqaat when he passes it, and he should not go any further without 
    doing so. If he does that and passes the meeqaat, then he has to go back and 
    enter ihraam from there. If he goes back and enters ihraam then there is no 
    penalty, but if he enters ihraam from where he is and does not go back, then 
    according to the scholars he has to offer a sacrifice and distribute its 
    meat to the poor of Makkah.