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Masjid Aisha “Umm al-Mumineen”(Masjid Al-Taneem)

Masjid Aisha عائشة‎‎ مسجد, where Ummul-Mu’mineen Aisha (رضي الله عنها) went to enter into Ihram. She was instructed to do so by the Prophet (ﷺ) during the Farewell Hajj.. This mosque lies on the edge of Mecca & so is often used to put on Ihram during the Hajj. Masjid Aisha is the closest of all the Miqats (boundary points) of the Haram, the area of Makkah within which certain lawful things are considered unlawful elsewhere. Jaabir (رضي الله عنه) reports that because Aisha (رضي الله عنها) was experiencing menstrual cycle the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ)! While you have performed Hajj and Umrah, I have performed only Hajj.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then instructed her brother Abdur-Rahman (رضي الله عنه) 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.