The Ruling on the Ihram of a Menstruating Woman and a Woman with Post-Natal Bleeding, and the Obligation to Return to the Miqat

Question:
The questioner says: We were coming from the city of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), my wife and I, accompanied by a group. My wife’s condition did not allow her to enter the state of ihram, as her menstrual period had started before we left the city. When we reached the place of ihram, Abi Qara, my wife did not enter ihram for this reason. So we arrived in Makkah, and my wife was unable to perform the 'Umrah. The question is: Is it necessary for my wife to return to Abi Qara to enter ihram from there, or is it permissible for her to enter ihram from the Mus'ana Mosque?

Answer:
This is ignorance. Your action is ignorance. Had you asked while you were in the city or at the miqat, this ignorance would have been removed. A menstruating woman is not prevented from entering ihram; menstruation does not prevent ihram. A woman enters ihram while she is menstruating, and a woman enters ihram while she has post-natal bleeding; this does not prevent her. She enters ihram and recites the talbiyah for Hajj or 'Umrah, and she avoids the prohibitions of ihram just like a non-menstruating woman. Purity from menstruation or post-natal bleeding is not a condition for the validity of ihram. And when she arrives in Makkah...
...she does not perform tawaf or sa'y until she becomes pure. What menstruation prevents is only tawaf around the House. As for the rest of the rites, a menstruating woman performs them. When 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) menstruated while in the state of ihram, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Do what the pilgrim does, except do not perform tawaf around the House until you become pure." And when Asma' bint 'Umayyis gave birth while at the miqat with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)—meaning, Asma' bint 'Umayyis, the wife of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, gave birth to Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr while at the miqat—the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to enter ihram while she had post-natal bleeding. So a menstruating woman and a woman with post-natal bleeding enter ihram, but they delay tawaf and sa'y until they become pure and perform ghusl. Had you ordered this woman to enter ihram, and she had entered ihram and come with you, and sat in the house or in your home until the blood stopped and she performed ghusl, and then performed the 'Umrah, that would have been the correct course. Since she came for the 'Umrah and passed the miqat out of ignorance...
...without ihram, it is obligatory for her, if she wants to perform the 'Umrah, to return to the miqat, to Dhul-Hulaifah, and enter ihram from there. And if she does not want to perform the 'Umrah, it is not obligatory. If she wants the 'Umrah, she returns to the miqat that she passed and came from without ihram. And if she does not want the 'Umrah, it is not obligatory for her. She performs ghusl and becomes pure, performs tawaf around the House, prays the five daily prayers in the Sacred Mosque, and sits in the Sacred Mosque. She has reward for that even if she did not perform the 'Umrah.