If a woman leaves her house in her clothes and then boards a ship, what is required of her if she passes the miqat?

Question:
Regarding a woman’s ihram, I read in the book al-Tahqiq wa al-Iydhah by His Eminence Shaykh Ibn Baz that a woman enters ihram in whatever she wishes. If she leaves her house in her clothes and then boards a ship, what is required of her if she passes the miqat? Does she have to take a bath and change her clothes? Or is it sufficient for her to simply have the intention at the miqat if she continues wearing her original clothes? And how does a woman exit her ihram? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Yes, ihram is the intention, the intention to enter into the rites. If a Muslim intends to enter into the rites, he has entered ihram, and he must avoid the prohibitions of ihram from the moment he intends to enter into the rites. A woman does not have specific clothes for ihram, but she avoids clothes of adornment and clothes that resemble men’s clothing. She wears whatever she wishes from what is customary for her women to wear, without adornment. She may enter ihram in the clothes she brought from her town, and she may change them for other clothes. The matter is broad in this regard. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.