Dhat Irq is a miqat, a place where the pilgrims going on the Hajj enter the state of ihram and subsequently wear the prescribed clothing for the event.

[8] In November 624 CE, the Sahabi and military commander Zayd ibn Haritha was sent on an expedition to Dhat Irq by the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Dhat Irq held importance to the Shi'ites after their leader Husayn ibn Ali had stayed there for a while to rest on his journey to the city of Kufa from his hometown.

[11] The scholar Tahir al-Samawi reports that Husayn had a meeting with the sons of Abdullah ibn Ja'far and some Umayyad government officials in Dhat Irq.

[12] A foundation stone for a project to modernize Dhat Irq was laid in 2010 under the orders of Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud, the governor of Mecca.