Phakathi kwezona zipho zikhulu uAllah aziphe le Ummah bubusuku obunye — ubusuku obukhulu kangaka ngomvuzo kangangokuba budlula ubomi bonke bokuzinikela. I-Laylat al-Qadr, uBusuku boMmiselo, sisithsaba senyanga engcwele kaRamadan kwaye sesinye sezona zenzeko zibalulekileyo kuyo yonke ikhalenda yamaSilamsi. Ukubuqonda kukuqonda inceba nesisa sika-Allah, oPhakamileyo.
Yintoni ILaylat al-Qadr?
I-Laylat al-Qadr (ليلة القدر) bubusuku obusikelelweyo apho iQuran yatyhilwa okokuqala kuMprofeti ﷺ. UAllah wabuhlonipha ngesahluko esipheleleyo — i-Surah Al-Qadr — apho achaza khona isikhundla saso esimangalisayo:
"Inene, siyithumele ezantsi iQuran ngoBusuku boMmiselo. Yaye yintoni enokwenza wazi ukuba yintoni uBusuku boMmiselo? UBusuku boMmiselo bungcono kuneenyanga eziliwaka. Iingelosi noMoya bayehla kubo ngemvume yeNkosi yabo ngawo wonke umcimbi. Luxolo kude kube kuvela ukusa."
(Surah Al-Qadr, 97:1–5)
Iinyanga eziliwaka yiminyaka engamashumi asibhozo anesithathu neenyanga ezine. Ngobusuku obunye, ikholwa elinyanisekileyo elima kunqulo ngokholo nethemba emvuzweni ka-Allah linokuqokelela izenzo ezilungileyo ezingaphezu kwezobomi bonke.
Isidima Sokuma Emthandazweni Ngobu Busuku
UMprofeti ﷺ wakhuthaza ngokucacileyo amakholwa ukuba afune obu busuku aze ame emthandazweni ngabo:
"Nabani na oma (emthandazweni) ngeLaylat al-Qadr ngokholo nangethemba lomvuzo, izono zakhe ezidlulileyo ziya kuxolelwa."
(Sahih al-Bukhari, 1901; Sahih Muslim, 760)
Olu xolelo aluxhomekekanga ekucengcelezeni okude okanye kwimisebenzi enzima. Lufuna izinto ezimbini kuphela: ukholo olunyanisekileyo ku-Allah, nethemba elinyanisekileyo kwinceba yaKhe. Ezi ziimeko ezifikelelekayo licala ngalinye ikholwa, nokuba linqanaba lini na lolwazi okanye lokuzinikela.
Nini Ukuyifuna ILaylat al-Qadr
Ubusuku obuchanekileyo bufihliwe kuthi — ubulumko bukaThixo obusikhuthaza ukuba sizabalaze kubo bonke ubusuku obulishumi bokugqibela endaweni yokuphumla kubusuku obunye. UMprofeti ﷺ wathi:
"Funani iLaylat al-Qadr kubusuku obungalinganiyo bobusuku obulishumi bokugqibela bukaRamadan."
(Sahih al-Bukhari, 2017)
Ubusuku obungalinganiyo — owama-21, owama-23, owama-25, owama-27, nowama-29 — ngoko babaluleke ngokukodwa. Izifundiswa ezininzi zibubeka ubusuku bama-27 kwisidima esiphakamileyo ngokukodwa ngokusekelwe kwiingxelo eziqinileyo, nangona inqiniseko yomhla ochanekileyo ihlala iku-Allah kuphela. Oku kufihlwa ngokwako yinceba: kunyanzela ikholwa ukuba linikele okona kulungileyo kubo bonke ubusuku obulishumi endaweni yokubamba obunye.
Imiqondiso YeLaylat al-Qadr
UMprofeti ﷺ wakhankanya imiqondiso ethile enxulunyaniswa nobu busuku ukunceda ikholwa ukuba libazi:
- Ilanga liphuma buthathaka ngentsasa elandelayo — uMprofeti ﷺ walichaza njengeliphuma "lingenamitya, ngathi lisitya." (Sahih Muslim, 762)
- Imvakalelo yoxolo olunzulu nokuzola ihlala entliziyweni yekholwa ngobo busuku.
- Ubusuku bunobushushu obuphakathi — abubushushu ngokugqithiseleyo bungabandi ngokukrakra, ummoya ozolileyo nonqumamileyo.
Owona Mthandazo Mhle Ngobu Busuku
UMama waMakholwa, uSayyidah 'Aisha (wanga uAllah angakholiseka nguye), wabuza uMprofeti ﷺ: "Owu Mthunywa ka-Allah, ukuba ndiyazi ukuba bubuphi ubusuku obuyiLaylat al-Qadr, mandithini?" Waphendula ﷺ:
"Yithi: Owu Allah, unguMxoleli kwaye uthanda uxolelo, ngoko ndixolele."
Allāhumma innaka 'afuwwun tuḥibbu al-'afwa fa'fu 'annī
(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 3513; Sunan Ibn Majah, 3850)
Lo mthandazo olula, onzulu uhlanganisa umoya wobu busuku — ukubuyela ku-Allah ngokuthobeka, ukuvuma uphawu lwaKhe loxolelo, nokucela oko intliziyo iyidinga ngokwenene.
Indlela Yokusebenzisa Ngokupheleleyo Ubusuku Obulishumi Bokugqibela
UMprofeti ﷺ wayeye azinikele ngokupheleleyo kunqulo ngobusuku obulishumi bokugqibela bukaRamadan. Umfazi wakhe uSayyidah 'Aisha (wanga uAllah angakholiseka nguye) wathi:
"Xa ubusuku obulishumi bokugqibela bukaRamadan buqala, uMprofeti ﷺ wayeye aqinise umbhinqo wakhe, achithe ubusuku bakhe kunqulo, aze avuse usapho lwakhe."
(Sahih al-Bukhari, 2024; Sahih Muslim, 1174)
Elandela umzekelo wakhe osikelelweyo, ikholwa limele:
- Lithandaze i-Qiyam al-Layl (umthandazo wobusuku) — nokuba yi-rak'ah ezimbalwa ezenziwa ngobukho bentliziyo zingcono kunezininzi ezenziwa ngokungakhathali.
- Licengceleze lize licamngce ngeQuran — bubu busuku eyehla ngabo iQuran; ukuyihlonipha ngokucengceleza kufaneleke nzulu.
- Linike ngesisa ngesisa (Sadaqah) — isisa esinikwa ngobu busuku siphethe umvuzo ophindwe ngaphaya kokucinga, njengoko sonke isenzo sonqulo sikhuliswa.
- Lenze i-dhikr ne-du'a eninzi — funa uxolelo, cela impilo yabo ubathandayo, uze uthulule nantoni na esentliziyweni yakho phambi ko-Allah.
- Lenze i-I'tikaf — ukuzivalela emasjidini ngobusuku obulishumi bokugqibela yayisisenzo esiqhubekayo soMprofeti ﷺ kwaye kolunye lweyona ndlela inamandla yokugxila ngokupheleleyo kunqulo.
Ubusuku Benceba Engenamda
I-Laylat al-Qadr ayisosihlandlo nje — yinceba kaThixo, enikwa minyaka le kuluntu ebeluya kusilela ngaphandle kwayo. UAllah, ngesisa saKhe esingenasiphelo, ubeka phambi kwelinye nelinye ikholwa ubusuku apho izikali zobomi bonke zinokujikwa, izono zinokucinywa, namakamva abhalwe ngokutsha.
Musa ukuvumela budlule ngokungakhathali. Nokuba umzimba ubuthathaka nobusuku buvakala bude, ukuqubuda okunye okunyanisekileyo phambi ko-Allah kobo bumnyama busikelelweyo kuxabiseke ngaphezu kweminyaka yonqulo oluphazamisekileyo.
Wanga uAllah angasinika intsikelelo yokufikelela kwi-Laylat al-Qadr kwimeko yokholo nokuzinikela, kwaye wanga angalwamkela unqulo lwethu, axolele iziphoso zethu, aze asibhale phakathi kwabo bakhululwa eMlilweni.