Question:
The statement of the one doing Hajj: ‘Labbaik Hajj wa ‘Umrah’ considered pronouncing the intention?
Answer:
No, this is Ihlāl like the statement of the one praying ‘Allāhu Akbar’, Takbīratl-Ihrām (Opening Takbīr).
So the person enters into it with takbīr and a person doing Hajj or ‘Umrah enter into it by Ihlāl, and the place of the intention is in the heart in Salāh and in Hajj.
Answered by: Shaykh, the Allamah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu Abdirrahman Yahya bin Ali Al-Hajuri – may Allah preserve him
Source: https://t.me/sh_yahia_duroos/7759
Translated by: Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi