Hz. Aisha or the Immigrant Column

Ustuvanetu Aisha (Hz. Aisha Column) is one of the most important columns in the Prophet's Mosque's Rawdah. Hz. Aisha said about this column: "If people knew how virtuous it is to worship here, they would have to draw lots due to the crowd." Because of this saying, the column is also referred to as the "Kura Column" (Ustuvanetu'l-Kura). After the qibla was changed from Jerusalem to the Kaaba, the Prophet used this column as a mihrab for about two to three months; then he moved to his known main mihrab. The reason it is called the "Immigrants' Column" is due to the habit of the Meccan immigrants gathering next to this column. This area, which became a meeting and conversation point for the emigrants, held both spiritual and social significance. The column is located at the third point by the minbar of the Hücre-i Saadet and the third point by the chamber. [Source: "Mescid-i Nebevî", TDV Islamic Encyclopedia, https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mescid-i-nebevi; Diyanet News, Columns in the Rawza-i Mutahhara]