He said that God’s messenger appointed al-‘Aqiq as the place where the people of the east should put on the <i>ihram</i>. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.

وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: وَقَّتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ الْعَقِيقَ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد