What does a woman do if she starts menstruating before reaching the miqat while intending to perform 'Umrah, and is she permitted to enter Makkah?

The questioner : How are you, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.

The questioner : I would like to ask about the menstruating woman. Let us suppose that when we were about to enter Makkah, the woman was menstruating.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : How is the ihram performed in this state? I mean, if she menstruated while we were in Makkah, the situation is understood, but now we want to enter and she is menstruating!

The Shaykh : I mean, is she performing 'Umrah?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : And you have not yet performed the tawaf of 'Umrah?

The questioner : We have not entered Makkah yet.

The Shaykh : You have not entered Makkah!

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, in this case, you must wait until she becomes pure and completes her 'Umrah.

The questioner : Okay, does she enter Makkah with us?

The Shaykh : As far as entering goes, she enters.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : But she does not perform tawaf.

The questioner : I know she does not perform tawaf, but now she enters without being in ihram, of course?

The Shaykh : No, excuse me.

The questioner : And she does not enter ihram?

The Shaykh : Pardon me.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : What are you imagining? Did she enter ihram with you from al-Dhul-Hulaifah or not?

The questioner : When we will be at al-Dhul-Hulaifah, she will be menstruating!

The Shaykh : Ah, may Allah reward you, you did not clarify. You said: when you are about to enter Makkah.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : The point is, let us suppose she is menstruating with you from here.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Ah, okay, she enters as she is, without entering ihram.

The questioner : Without entering ihram!

The Shaykh : Yes, because it is not permissible for her to enter ihram while she is menstruating.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : But if she becomes pure and you are there.

The questioner : We take her to.

The Shaykh : And she wants to perform 'Umrah!

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : You return her to your miqat.

The questioner : At-Tan'im?

The Shaykh : No, to your miqat.

The questioner : Ah, we have to return her to al-Dhul-Hulaifah?!

The Shaykh : No, because this.

The questioner : We return her to al-Dhul-Hulaifah, she enters ihram, and returns to Makkah.

The Shaykh : Yes, if she had entered ihram with you while she was pure.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Then menstruation occurred to her before entering Makkah, in that case, she may do what 'A'ishah did, which is to enter ihram from At-Tan'im.

The questioner : Yes, but if she entered Makkah, she has to return to her miqat.

The Shaykh : If she passed the miqat without ihram due to the excuse of menstruation, and she wants to perform 'Umrah, each person must return to their miqat.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : This is new knowledge for us now.

The Shaykh : There is something new every day, Abu Muhammad.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.