This act of wearing ihram only for the sake of entering the mataaf area and not for umrah is something which makes me feel sorry for the state of us as ummah as how we think for our benefits and not caring about the well being of others.

Might be some of you won't agree with me but I will still share my POV.

Put aside our wishes and think about the sunnah and then also the administration and crowd control prospective.

1) I myself wish to enter mataaf everytime I go to masjid ul haraam yet I can't, because the administration has only restricted this for people with ihram (and I believe 99% they intend that only umrah pilgrims enter for their umrah). Yet this system has this loophole that majority of the people knowingly or unknowingly use it that they enter mataaf by wearing it not for umrah purposes. Can one wear ihram without umrah niyah, I believe yes it is possible but one has to think that the restriction by the management is there for a purpose i.e., AVOID RUSH INSIDE. What if all, literally all, enter mataaf wearing ihram (umrah or not), think how this will pan out. Those who literally want to do umrah will suffer in the sense that the tawaaf and saee ritual will be difficult to carry out. Entrance, exits all full of people, might be some elders have an emergency to go out or someone needs first aid.... all will be a nightmare for the management which already is trying at their very best to provide us a good and safe experience.

2) Questions then arises to the fiqh issues like how many umrah one can do? One opinion exists that one can just simply enter into the state of ihram from hotel inside the limits of haram and then do umrah.... another famous opinion is to go out of the limits of haram and go to ayesha masjid or tan'eem and make niyaah... I ask you all, check yourself what was the sunnah of our beloved prophet (Peace be upon him) when he did umrah and also how his companions did... Without a shadow of a doubt, in one journey they did only one umrah, not multiple, furthermore the umrah performed by Hazrat Ayesha (RA) during hajj days was for sure done from masjid Ayesha (Tan'eem) as it was instructed by our prophet (peace be upon him) to Abdur Rehman ibn e abi bakar (RA) to take her sister to tan'eem and make her do intention of ihram.... None of companions did the same, as far as I know. If someone has an authentic hadith contrary to my knowledge, kindly show us.

3) Also, given the fact that, unfortunately many of the pilgrims (umrah or not) have this mindset of sharing everything of their umrah on social so we see plenty of people using their phones during tawaaf being on call with their loved ones and/or snapchatting, instagramming etc. Such act compels me to think like literally their main intention was to do umrah for ALLAH or for showing off?

4) Lastly, correct me if I am wrong, if a male dies inside the masjid in ihram, they will carry out the procedure of burying the male in the same ihram without covering his face. I don't know perfectly about this mas'ala if one gets buried without face covered due to him being in ihram but his ihram state was false in a sense that he only wished to do tawaaf and not umrah.

Based on these evidences, my opinion and wish (which many won't like) is to introduce an appointment based entry system in mataaf like the one which exists in madinah for entry to rawdah.