Al-Qur'a Pillar: Difference between revisions

It is well-known that Aisha narrated a hadith about the virtue of praying near this pillar, and thus it was named after her.<ref>Haythamī, ''Majmaʿ al-zawāʾid'', vol. 4, p. 9; Ṭabarānī, ''Al-Muʿjam al-awsaṭ'', vol. 1, p. 264.</ref> Perhaps it is also because Aisha reported it and specified its location.<ref>Ibn Zabāla, ''Akhbār al-Madīna'', p. 101; Maṭarī, ''al-Taʿrīf bi-mā ansat al-hijra'', p. 91; Najjār, ''Al-Durra al-thamīna'', p. 296.</ref> Some believe that the pillar was later named after Aisha.<ref>Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa Makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 443.</ref> Now, the phrase "This is Aisha's pillar" is written on top of it.<ref>Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa Makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 443.</ref>

This pillar is also known as the "Pillar of the Emigrants" because the Meccan emigrants used to gather and converse near it. Therefore, it was also called the "Gathering Place of the Emigrants".<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wafā'', vol. 2, p. 176; Yamānī, ''Mawsūʿa Makka al-mukarrama'', vol. 2, p. 443.</ref>