Umkhuleko wangoLwesihlanu e-Islam
AmaSulumane athandaza kahlanu ngosuku, imvamisa ebandleni lase-mosque. Ngenkathi uLwesihlanu kuwusuku olukhethekile kumaSulumane, aluthathwa njengosuku lokuphumula noma “iSabatha”.
Ukubaluleka kwangoLwesihlanu kumaSulumane
Igama elithi "uLwesihlanu" ngesi-Arabhu yi-al-Gulu'ah, okusho ukuthi ibandla. NgoLwesihlanu amaSulumane ahlangana ngomkhuleko okhethekile webandla ekuseni, okufuneka kuwo wonke amadoda angamaSulumane. Lomkhuleko wangoLwesihlanu waziwa ngokuthi salaat al-jamaa'ah, ongasho ukuthi "umthandazo webandla" noma "umthandazo wangoLwesihlanu". Ingena esikhundleni somkhuleko we-dhuhr ntambama. Ngokuqondile ngaphambi kwalomkhuleko, abathembekile belalela ingqungquthela enikezwe i-Imam noma omunye umholi wezenkolo womphakathi. Lesi sifundo sikhumbuza izilaleli zika-Allah futhi zivame ukubhekana ngqo nezinkinga ezibhekene nomphakathi wamaSulumane ngaleso sikhathi.
Umkhuleko wangoLwesihlanu ungomunye wemisebenzi egcizelelwe kakhulu kuma-Islam. Umprofethi uMuhammad, ukuthula kube kuye, aze athi indoda yaseMuslim elahlekelwa yimithandazo emithathu yangoLwesihlanu ngokulandelana, ngaphandle kwesizathu esizwakalayo, iphambuka endleleni eyiyo futhi nengozi ibe ngongakholwayo. UMprofethi uMuhammad waphinda watshela abalandeli bakhe ukuthi "le mithandazo emihlanu yansuku zonke, futhi kusukela komunye umthandazo wangoLwesihlanu kuya kwelandelayo, isebenza njengesixekiso sanoma yisiphi isono esenziwe phakathi kwabo, inqobo nje uma umuntu engenzi sono esikhulu."
I-Koran ithi:
"Hheyi nina enikholwayo! Lapho isimemezelo emthandazweni simenyezelwa ngoLwesihlanu, shesha ngokukhulu ukukhumbula uNkulunkulu futhi ushiye ibhizinisi eceleni. Kungcono kuwe ukube ubuyazi. "
(I-Koran 62: 9)
Ngenkathi ibhizinisi 'liqhutshelwa eceleni' ngesikhathi somkhuleko, akukho lutho oluvimba abakhulekeli ukuthi babuyele emsebenzini ngaphambi nangemva kwesikhathi somkhuleko. Emazweni amaningi amaSulumane, uLwesihlanu ufakwa ngempelasonto kuphela njengendawo yokuhlala yalabo bantu abathanda ukuchitha isikhathi nemindeni yabo ngalolo suku. Akunqatshelwe ukusebenza ngoLwesihlanu.
Umkhuleko wangoLwesihlanu nabesifazane abangamaSulumane
Sivame ukuzibuza ukuthi kungani kungadingeki ukuthi abesifazane babambe iqhaza emithandazweni yangoLwesihlanu. AmaSulumane abona lokhu njengesibusiso nenduduzo, ngoba u-Allah uyakuqonda ukuthi abesifazane bavame ukuba matasa kakhulu phakathi nosuku. Kungaba umthwalo kwabesifazane abaningi ukulahla imisebenzi yabo nezingane ukubamba iqhaza emithandazweni mosque. Ngakho-ke yize abesifazane abangamaSulumane bengadingekile ukwenza kanjalo, abesifazane abaningi bakhetha ukubamba iqhaza futhi abanakuvinjwa ukwenza lokho; ukukhetha kungokwabo.