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[ PUBERTY .] MĪQĀT ( ميقات‎ ). Lit . “A stated time, or place.” The stations at which Makkan pilgrims a ume the iḥrām or “pilgrim’s garment.” Five of these stations were established by Muḥammad ( Mishkāt , book xi. ch. i. pt. 1), and the sixth has been added since to suit the convenience of travellers from the East. They are as follows: (1) Ẕū ʾl-Ḥulafāʾ , for the pilgrims from al-Madīnah; (2) Juḥfah , for Syria; (3) Qarnu ʾl-Manāzil , for Najd; (4) Yaulamlam , for Yaman; (5) Ẕāt-i-ʿIrāq , for ʿIrāq; (6) Ibrahīm Mursīa , for those who arrive by sea from India and the east. The putting on of the iḥrām at Jerusalem is highly meritorious, according to a tradition, which says, “The Prophet said, Whoever wears the iḥrām for ḥajj or ʿumrah, from the Masjidu ʾl-Aqṣā ( i.e . the Temple at Jerusalem) to the Masjidu ʾl-Ḥarām, shall be forgiven for all his past and future sins.” ( Mishkāt , book xi. ch. i. pt. 2.) MĪR ( مير‎ ). A title of respect used for the descendants of celebrated Muḥammadan saints. More generally used for Saiyids, or descendants of Fāt̤imah, the Prophet’s daughter.