Masjid Aisha, also known as Masjid at-Tan’
eem marks the place where Ummul-Mu’
mineen Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) went to enter into Ihram for Umrah when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) told her to do so during the farewell Hajj. The masjid lies 7.5 km south from Mecca on the road to Medina and is the closest of all the boundary points.
- Jaabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that because Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was experiencing menstrual cycle the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) instructed her to perform all the various rites of Hajj except for the tawaf. She then performed the tawaf after her cycle had ended. She then said, “
O Rasulullah (peace and blessings of Allah be on him)! While you have performed Hajj and Umrah, I have performed only Hajj.”
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) then instructed her brother Abdur-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) to take her to Tan’
eem and it was from there that she performed her Umrah after her Hajj during the month of Dhul Hijjah.
- Masjid Aisha acts as Miqat point (a station for putting on Ihram) for people living in Mecca. If someone is currently in Mecca or is living in Mecca and wants to perform Umrah (pilgrimage to Mecca) then he/she should go to Masjid Aisha, enter into the state of Ihram (in part by putting on pilgrim'
s garments) and then return to Mecca so that the condition of traveling for the pilgrims is fulfilled.
