Mthandiwe, mzalwane wethu,
Ukuphila kukaMprofethi wethu (ukuthula kube phezu kwakhe) kwaqala ngo-571 kwaze kwaphela ngo-632. Kule minyaka engu-63 yokuphila kwakhe okubusisiwe, wahlala iminyaka engu-53 eMekka, iminyaka engu-10 eMedina.
Ukuhambela eMedina akuyona imfuneko yeHajj noma ye-Umrah.
Izidingo zeHajj ne-Umrah zitholakala ngokuphelele eMakkah. Umhambi weHajj noma we-Umrah angakwazi ukwenza lezi zibopho zakhe abuye ngaphandle kokuvakashela eMadinah. Nokho, ukufika kuleyo ndawo bese ubuya ngaphandle kokuvakashela iMadinah al-Munawwarah, lapho uMprofethi (ukuthula nokubusiswa kukaAllah kube phezu kwakhe) wachitha khona iminyaka eyishumi yokuphila kwakhe, nokubona iRawḍah al-Mutahharah, kuyilahleko engokomoya, ukuzincisha okuthile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, isizathu sokuba umkhuba wokuhlala eMadinah al-Munawwarah izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili uqhamuka kule hadith eyaziwayo evela kuMprofethi uMuhammad (ukuthula nokubusiswa kube phezu kwakhe) mayelana nenzuzo yokwenza imithandazo engamashumi amane emzikitini owakhiwe ngesandla sakhe.
Umprofethi uMuhammad (ukuthula kube kuye) uthe kule hadith:
“Noma ngubani okhuleka imikhuleko engamashumi amane ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kule ndawo yami yokukhulekela, uyothola incwadi yokukhululwa ekuhluphekeni kwesihogo, futhi uyothola umvuzo wokukhululwa ekuzenziseni.”
(Ahmed, al-Musned, 12/123.)
Umuntu okholwayo okhuleka eMasjid an-Nabawi izikhathi ezinhlanu ngosuku, izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili, okuyizikhathi ezingamashumi amane, ufanelwe yileli beraat.
Ngiyabingelela ngithandazela…
UbuSulumane Ngemibuzo
