to put her mind at ease, for she said: ‘My companions will return having performed Hajj and 'umrah, while I shall return having performed only Hajj.’ The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, told her: ‘Your circumambulation suffices for your Hajj and 'umrah.’ In the version reported in the Sunan collections: ‘Your circumambulation of the House and your passage between al-Safā and al-Marwah suffice for your Hajj and 'umrah.’”

When she persisted, he arranged for her to perform 'umrah to put her mind at ease. In the report transmitted by al-Athram and others, Ahmad said that neither the 'umrah included in qirān nor an 'umrah undertaken from Mecca discharges the obligation of 'umrah. He cited as evidence the hadith of 'Ā'ishah, in which the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, arranged for her to perform 'umrah: she had performed qirān, yet he arranged for her to perform 'umrah afterwards. Thus, in this report, Ahmad regarded this 'umrah as obligatory, as did Abū Hanīfah. They differed, however, as to the precise basis of the ruling.

During the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, no one undertook 'umrah from Mecca except 'Ā'ishah, owing to this particular circumstance. As for the Prophet’s 'umrahs, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, he performed them only when travelling to Mecca. In the year of al-Hudaybiyah, he entered ihrām for 'umrah at Dhū al-Hulayfah and left ihrām at al-Hudaybiyah when he was prevented from proceeding and the polytheists barred him from the House. Al-Hudaybiyah lies west of Mount al-Tan'īm; it was there that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, received his Companions’ pledge beneath the tree and the polytheists concluded a treaty with him.

Mount al-Tan'īm is the mountain beside the mosques known as the Mosques of 'Ā'ishah, on your right as you enter Mecca. Those mosques are built in al-Tan'īm.