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الثلاثاء، 27 سبتمبر 2011

Habits of Ramadan in Egypt


Different aspects of Ramadan throughout the ages, each age was the features and habits and manifestations of its own, including continued and remained, including what has disappeared and been forgotten ..

And manifestations and the preparations for Ramadan, which is in Egypt the old days, the historian Ibrahim Anani - Member of the Union of Arab Historians - the habit that had been under way from the days of preference in the last Jumada of each year to close all rooms Alchmarin in Cairo, and prohibits the sale of alcohol, then Minister felt safe to me the ministry after the best I'm Prince of the armies to be in the other State; wrote him an order to all the governors of the business that calls out to people that offer to sell everything from alcohol or buy them secretly or openly he offered himself to the damage and cleared disclosure of Hlakha

He adds Ibrahim Anani that in AH 155 came out first judge to see the new moon of Ramadan, a judge Abu Abdul Rahman Abdullah bin Lahee'ah the Crown Elimination of Egypt, and came out for the consideration of the crescent, and followed after the judges to see him; where is their bench at the foot of the cliffs known as the "bench judges, "to come out for the consideration of new moons, when the Fatimid leader Badr al-Jamali built a mosque at the foot of cliffs has taken minaret observatory to see the new moon of Ramadan.

In the third century AH interested Ahmed Ibn Tulun ordered workers, especially in the month of Ramadan .. Went out once to visit his mosque, the time to build it, he saw manufacturers are working to the time of sunset, he said: When buying these weak breakfast to feed their children, Osrvohm era became the year of that time, when he finished Ramadan was said to him: It is Ramadan comes and they're to their habits, he said: "I have heard the Prophet's Barakat was him and not giving this work

In the Fatimid period in Egypt and who was entrusted with the judges cycled mosques in Cairo and the rest of the regions; to lose what has been conducted in which the reform of brushes and comments Almsarj and jellyfish, so that the traveler "Nasser Khosrow", who visited Egypt in the fifth century AH described the "chandelier" donated by the Caliph al-Hakim the order of God to the mosque of Amr Ibn El-Aas Fustat that it was weighing seven kantars of pure silver, and kindles in the nights seasons and holidays of more than 700 lamp, and was brushing ten layers of the mat color on each other, and that ends the month of Ramadan even returned the chandelier and lamps to the place prepared for it saved inside the mosque, and the state at that time was allocated a sum of money for the purchase of Indian incense, camphor, musk, which paid for mosques in the month of fasting

And markets that were active in commercial traffic during the month of Ramadan Ibrahim Anani: The market Achammaaan Balnhacen of the most important markets during the eighth and ninth centuries AD, was in the month of Ramadan, a great season to buy candles Almkbah by weighing "ten pounds" and below, and children were gather around one of the candles and lanterns in their hands singing and laughing and spend Bmkbhm enlightening in the Apostle from after breakfast until the Taraweeh prayers .. As for the "market Lhalaoyen" that was appealing to see in the month of Ramadan, was the entrance of the markets and the best things a scene; where it was made of sugar forms of horses, lions and other called "Alalaliq."

 There was also a market plumbing inside the door Zewailah "gateway incumbent Ghoriah," Faj types of "nuts" and "Kamarudin," The Agency "Koson" Street door of victory dating back to the eighth century AH headquarters traders Sham unload the goods of the Levant from the oil and soap , pistachios, walnuts, almonds, carob .. As the devastated agency Koson in the nineteenth century moved to the nuts and Commerce Agency kitchen aesthetic work, and was dedicated to the sale of items of transport Kaljos, almond and so on ..
As was the dessert types are displayed such as "katayef" and "Kenafa"; as Kenafa said to be specially made for the Umayyad Khalifa Abdul Malik bin Suleiman, as has been said: it is made ​​to the Caliph Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan.
The Kenafa, katayef into diatribes between poets Fjelal Din Suyuti him a message entitled: "Manhal Altayv in Kenafa, katayef

 Were no festivities, and offers only on the tables .. But have had a tradition of formal, it was the Caliph out at the Festival of the Declaration of the holy month of Ramadan as a matter of gold, "one of the doors Fatimid palace," standing and his clothes luxury and around the cabinet clothes lacy and their horses Bsrougha aureus, and in their hands lances and weapons inlaid with gold and silver, flags silk color, and in front of them soldiers headed by music, and walking in this celebration of metals traders makers, goldsmiths, and others who were competing in the establishment of various types of pet shops seem to streets and roads in the best Accessories

The procession successor begins between the two palaces "Street goats Balsagh now," and walking in the area of ​​aesthetic, even out of the Bab al "A door wall Cairo North", then enter the door of victory back to the door of the gold palace, and during the way the distribution of alms to the poor and needy , and when it returns the Caliph to the palace received by Almqrion recitation of the Quran at the entrance of the palace and Dhalisah, even up to cabinet cladding own, which changed his clothes and sent to each prince on his plate of silver filled with candy, rosette hub of dinars of gold and distributes clothing, charity and incense sticks musk staff and the poor, then go to visit the graves of his fathers, according to customs, if he has finished that is to write to the governors and House of Representatives by the month of Ramadan

The Fatimid Caliph pray on Fridays three: the second, third and fourth, respectively, following the second Friday in the mosque of the ruler and the third in the Al-Azhar Mosque, the fourth known Jumu'ah orphan was performed in the Mosque of Amr in Fustat, was paid out of the Treasury spices, rose water and lute drawing incense procession and the mosque, after the prayer the last Friday of Ramadan, an official statement broadcast known record of the gospel, and the last night of the holy month was the readers and minstrels Hristiunha eastern Palace and the great Caliph heard from behind the curtain, at the end of the evening was the successor to the audience scatters gold dinars

     

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