What is the ruling on one who passes the miqat without entering the state of ihram?

Question:
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh. A woman passed the miqat without entering the state of ihram, and she was heading to Makkah. Her intention was that she would return to her country again and then enter the state of ihram from the miqat. But now, circumstances have arisen for her, and she will remain in Makkah for two months. Does she return to the miqat to enter the state of ihram from there, or does she enter the state of ihram from al-Hal?

Answer:
As long as she did not intend to perform 'Umrah when she passed the miqat—she did not intend 'Umrah on the day she passed the miqat, but rather her intention was to stay in Makkah and then go to her country, and she did not make this easy for herself. Rather, the circumstances that Allah decreed required her to stay in Makkah. She now desires to perform 'Umrah, and there is no contradiction in this. She goes out to al-Hal and enters the state of ihram from al-Hal, from at-Tan'im, from al-Ja'ranah, or from beyond the boundaries of the Haram. She enters the state of ihram for 'Umrah and performs it, and praise be to Allah.