except ʿĀʾishah alone, for she had (1) begun menstruating and thus was unable to perform the circumambulation. [The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said, “A menstruating woman carries out all the rites except the circumambulation (2) of the House.” (3)] Accordingly, he (4) told her to enter into ihrām for Hajj and leave off the actions of ʿumrah, for she had been in the state of tamattuʿ. Later she asked the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—to enable her to perform an ʿumrah, so he sent her with her brother ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and she performed ʿumrah from al-Tanʿīm (5).

Al-Tanʿīm is the nearest point outside the sanctuary to Mecca, and the mosques now standing there are called “the Mosques of ʿĀʾishah.” These buildings did not exist in the Prophet’s lifetime, peace and blessings be upon him; they were erected later as a marker (6) of the spot from which ʿĀʾishah—may Allah be pleased with her—entered ihrām.

For someone in ihrām who merely passes by, entering those mosques and praying (7) inside them is neither obligatory nor sunnah. Rather, deliberately seeking them out and believing (8) that such an act is recommended;