Ukuzila ukudla kwabo bonke amaSulumane, ukuzila ukudla kweRamadan kufana neLente Elikhulu lamaKristu, kuba lidibaniswe nokulinganiselwa. I-Ramadan yinyanga yeemithetho engqongqo malunga nokutya, ukusela nokuzonwabisa. Ngokwale mithetho, ungaphuzi, akukho ukutya, okanye isondo akuvumelekanga ukusuka ekuphumeni kwelanga kuze kufike ilanga. Buza amanye amakholwa malunga neRamadan ngo-2016 - yiyiphi umhla oqala ngokukhawuleza ukuqala kwaye nini iphelile. Ininzi yabo sele isilungiselele kwangaphambili ukuvavanya, ukwazi ukuba akuyi kuba lula. Ubunzima bokunamathela ngokuthe ngqo kwiRamadan kubangelwa kukuba ukuzila kukuwa ngexesha elivuthayo, xa izithintelo zokusela zibangelwa ukoma okunzulu.
Nguwuphi umhla uRamadan oqala ngawo ngo-2016?
Ukuqala nokuphela kweRamadan kuyahluka rhoqo ngonyaka, kuxhomekeke kwikhalenda yenyanga. Ngo-2016, iRamadan iqalisa ngo-Juni 11. Ukususela ngeli mini ukuya phambili, amaSulumane athembekileyo akufanele aphuze okanye angadli okanye alalane ngesondo kuze kube mnyama. Ukuphulaphulwa kweposi kuhlawuliswa ngokusebenza ngokugqithiseleyo nangokukhawuleza kunye nemicimbi yomusa. Ngokomzekelo, ukuba umMuslim okholwayo uhamba ngokukhawuleza ngokuzinikela kwimincili emini, kufuneka atye abantu abangama-60 abanesidlo sasemini okanye ngokukhawuleza kwiinyanga ezimbini. Ukuzila ukutya akunakubonwa ngabantu abagulayo nabagula ngengqondo, abahambahambayo, abafazi abakhulelweyo nabakhulayo, abantu abadala kunye nabantwana abancinci. Kwimeko apho umSilamsi, ehlamba, ehlasele ngengozi emini, loo nto ayithathwa njengephulo leRamadan. E-UAE, ukuzila ukudla kweRamadan akugcinwe ngokugqithiseleyo ngenxa yezinto ezikhethiweyo zelizwe: inani elikhulu lezokhenketho kunye neendwendwe azikho kwi-Muslim Muslim. Zihlala zikhonza ngamakholwa kwiindawo zokutya, iivenkile zokutya. Ngaphambi kokukhonza, umpheki kufuneka azame, kwaye iRamadan ayihlonishwa ngenxa yezizathu ezifanelekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, e-United Arab Emirates ngo-2016, xa iRamadan iqala, abakhenkethi baya kuziva ukuthintela: utshwala kwimivalo iya kunikwa kuphela emva kokushona kwelanga, ukuzonwabisa okuvela kubadlali bebele kunye nomculo ophilayo kuya kubandakanywa, indlela yokusebenza yezitolo ezininzi iya kutshintshwa.
Ngomhla umhlaphi uRamadan uphela ngo-2016?
I-Ramadan 2016 iphelela ngoJulayi 5, 2016. Izithintelo zisuswe kuwo onke, kwaye amakholwa aseMuslim ayigubha ngokuxhamla iRamadan-Bairam okanye i-Uraza-bairam holide. Inombolo xa uRamadan iphelela kwakhona iyahluka rhoqo ngonyaka. Ngomhla ngoJulayi 5, amaSulumane ahlala ezila ukudla alindele ukuzonwabisa, imikhosi, imidlalo, izipho kunye novuyo. Amahlwempu athola izipho, abaceli-mali, abahambi-ukutya. E-Rashiya, ukuqala nokuphela kweRamadan 2016 akufani na kwemihla ebhiyozelwayo kwihlabathi lamaSilamsi.
Kutheni iRamadan iholide?
Kutheni iRamadan ithathwa njengeholide, nangona yonke imimiselo eqinile kunye neebhokisi? Ngokomthetho, kwakukho kule nyanga uMprofeti uMuhammad wamkela iimpawu ezivela ku-Allah. Kamva, ezi zityhilelo zaba sisiseko sencwadi engcwele yamaSulumane ehlabathini lonke-iKoran. KwakuyiRamadan eyaba yinyanga yokuzalwa kweKoran, ngoko ke ithathwa njengeholide yokuhlanjululwa komphefumlo nomzimba. Xelela bakho abahlobo malunga neRamadan ngo-2016 - yiyiphi idini leeholide eliqalayo, liza kuthatha ixesha elide kwaye liphela nini. Baqinisekile ukuba banomdla kwimbali kunye nenjongo yokuzila ukudla kweRamadan.