“Rise up for your pre-dawn meal.. Ramadan has come to visit you.” Who is the first Mesaharati in history?

Written By طقس العرب on 2023/04/07

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">The ritual of Arabia - the Mesaharati represents an image that the month of Ramadan is not complete without, as it is closely linked to the popular traditions of Ramadan in various Islamic countries. His voice, &quot;Rise to your pre-dawn meal... Ramadan has come to visit you.&quot; The children wait for him to watch him and accompany him on his journey and to sing along with him his chants that he repeats before the onset of dawn and</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Who is the first Mesaharaty in Islam?</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Bilal bin Rabah - may God be pleased with him - was the first muezzin in Islam and the muezzin of the Messenger Muhammad - may God bless him and grant him peace - along with Ibn Umm Maktoum, carrying out the task of waking people up for Suhoor during the blessed month of Ramadan. Constipation, so people refrain from eating, before Bilal returns and calls for dawn.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> But the first person to call for suhur was <strong>Anbasa bin Ishaq in the year 228 AH</strong> , when he used to go walking from the city of al-Askar in al-Fustat to the mosque of Amr ibn al-Aas and call out to the people for suhoor.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The profession of the Mesaharati appeared officially during the Fatimid era of Al-Hakim, as he used to order people to sleep early after Tarawih prayers, and his soldiers would pass by the houses to wake people up to eat the pre-dawn meal. people, so he would go out by himself on foot to wake the people up, repeating, “O servants of God, eat suhoor, for there is blessing in suhoor.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Mesaharati customs in Arab countries</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The first people to wake up to the drum were the people of Egypt. As for the people of some Arab countries, such as Yemen and Morocco, they used to knock on the doors with pipes, and the people of the Levant used to roam around the houses and play on the sticks and tambourines and sing special songs for Ramadan.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Mesharatiya in Egypt roamed the streets of the city or village, chanting religious chants and calling on people to wake up, asking them to unite God.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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