Masjid Al-Ayesha

Masjid Al-Ayesha, also known as Masjid at-Tan’eem marks the place where Ummul-Mu’mineen Aisha RA went to enter into Ihram for Umrah when the Prophet Muhammad SAW told her to do so during the farewell Hajj. The masjid lies 7.5 km south from Makkah on the road to Madinah 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 Muhammad SAW intstructed her to perform all the various rites of Hajj except for the Tawaaf. She then performed the Tawaaf after her cycle had ended. She then said, “O Rasulullah SAW! While you have performed Hajj and Umrah, I have performed only Hajj.” The Prophet Muhammad SAW 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.