Phakathi kwezipho ezinkulu u-Allah aziphe lo Mmah ubusuku obubodwa — ubusuku obukhulu kangaka ngomvuzo kangangokuthi budlula ukuzinikela kwempilo yonke. I-Laylat al-Qadr, uBusuku Besinqumo, ingumqhele wenyanga engcwele kaRamadan nenye yezehlakalo ezibaluleke kakhulu kuyo yonke ikhalenda yamaSilamu. Ukubuqonda ukuqonda isihe nokuphana kuka-Allah, oPhakeme Kakhulu.
Iyini ILaylat al-Qadr?
I-Laylat al-Qadr (ليلة القدر) wubusuku obubusisiwe lapho iQuran yembulwa khona okokuqala kuMprofethi ﷺ. U-Allah wabuhlonipha ngesahluko esiphelele — Surah Al-Qadr — lapho echaza khona isimo sabo esimangalisayo:
"Ngempela, sayithumela iQuran ngoBusuku Besinqumo. Yini engakwenza wazi ukuthi buyini uBusuku Besinqumo? UBusuku Besinqumo bungcono kunezinyanga eziyinkulungwane. Izingelosi noMoya behlela kubo ngemvume yeNkosi yabo kuzo zonke izindaba. Kuwukuthula kuze kuvele ukuntwela kokusa."
(Surah Al-Qadr, 97:1–5)
Izinyanga eziyinkulungwane ziyiminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nantathu nezinyanga ezine. Ngobusuku obubodwa, umkholwa oqotho oma ekukhonzeni ngokholo nethemba emvuzweni ka-Allah angaqoqa okungaphezu kwezenzo ezinhle zempilo yonke.
Ubuhle Bokuma Emthandazweni Ngalobu Busuku
UMprofethi ﷺ wakhuthaza ngokucacile amakholwa ukuba afune lobu busuku futhi eme emthandazweni ngabo:
"Noma ngubani oma (emthandazweni) ngeLaylat al-Qadr ngokholo nangethemba lomvuzo, izono zakhe ezedlule ziyothethelelwa."
(Sahih al-Bukhari, 1901; Sahih Muslim, 760)
Le ntethelelo ayincikile ekufundeni okude noma emikhubeni eyinkimbinkimbi. Idinga izinto ezimbili kuphela: ukholo oluqotho ku-Allah, nethemba leqiniso esiheni sakhe. Lezi yizimo ezitholakala kuwo wonke umkholwa, kungakhathaliseki izinga lolwazi noma lokuzinikela kwakhe.
Ufanele Uyifune Nini ILaylat al-Qadr
Ubusuku obuqondile bufihliwe kithi — ubuhlakani baphezulu obusikhuthaza ukuba sikhuthazele kubo bonke ubusuku obuyishumi bokugcina kunokuphumula kubusuku obubodwa. UMprofethi ﷺ wathi:
"Funani iLaylat al-Qadr ebusukwini obungalingani bobusuku obuyishumi bokugcina bukaRamadan."
(Sahih al-Bukhari, 2017)
Ubusuku obungalingani — owama-21, owama-23, owama-25, owama-27, nowama-29 — ngakho-ke bubaluleke kakhulu. Izazi eziningi zibamba ubusuku bama-27 ngenhlonipho ekhethekile ngokususelwa kulandiso oluqinile, yize isiqiniseko sosuku oluqondile sisala ku-Allah yedwa. Lokhu kufihlwa ngokwakho kuyisihe: kuphoqa umkholwa ukuba anikele ngokungcono kakhulu kuwo wonke ubusuku obuyishumi kunokuzigodla ngobubodwa.
Izimpawu ZeLaylat al-Qadr
UMprofethi ﷺ washo izimpawu ezithile ezihlotshaniswa nalobu busuku ukusiza umkholwa ukububona:
- Ilanga liphuma kahle ngakusasa — uMprofethi ﷺ walichaza liphuma "ngaphandle kwemisebe, sengathi yithreyi." (Sahih Muslim, 762)
- Umuzwa wokuthula okujulile nokuzola kuhlala enhliziyweni yomkholwa ngalobo busuku.
- Ubusuku bumnandi — abushisi ngokweqile futhi abubandi ngokweqile, umoya ozolile nothule.
Umthandazo Ongcono Kunayo Yonke Walobu Busuku
UNina waMakholwa, uSayyidah 'Aisha (u-Allah makajabule ngaye), wabuza uMprofethi ﷺ: "O Sithunywa sika-Allah, uma ngazi ukuthi yibuphi ubusuku obuyiLaylat al-Qadr, ngithini?" Yena ﷺ waphendula:
"Yithi: O Allah, ungoThethelelayo futhi uyakuthanda ukuthethelela, ngakho ngithethelele."
Allāhumma innaka 'afuwwun tuḥibbu al-'afwa fa'fu 'annī
(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 3513; Sunan Ibn Majah, 3850)
Lo mthandazo olula, ojulile uhlanganisa umoya wobusuku — ukuphendukela ku-Allah ngokuthobeka, ukuvuma isici sakhe sokuthethelela, nokucela lokho inhliziyo ekudinga ngempela.
Ungabusebenzisa Kanjani Kahle Ubusuku Obuyishumi Bokugcina
UMprofethi ﷺ wayezinikela ngokuphelele ekukhonzeni ngobusuku obuyishumi bokugcina bukaRamadan. Unkosikazi wakhe uSayyidah 'Aisha (u-Allah makajabule ngaye) walandisa:
"Lapho izinsuku eziyishumi zokugcina zikaRamadan ziqala, uMprofethi ﷺ wayeqinisa ibhande lakhe, achithe ubusuku bakhe ekukhonzeni, avuse umndeni wakhe."
(Sahih al-Bukhari, 2024; Sahih Muslim, 1174)
Elandela isibonelo sakhe esibusisiwe, umkholwa kufanele:
- Athandaze i-Qiyam al-Layl (umthandazo wasebusuku) — ngisho ama-rak'ah ambalwa enziwa ngenhliziyo ekhona angcono kunamaningi enziwa ngokungananaki.
- Afunde azindle ngeQuran — yilobu busuku iQuran eyehla ngabo; ukubuhlonipha ngokufunda kufaneleka kakhulu.
- Anikele ngesandla esivulekile ngesadaka (Sadaqah) — isadaka esinikelwa ngalobu busuku siphethe umvuzo ophindaphindwe ngaphezu kokucabanga, njengoba sonke isenzo sokukhonza sikhuliswa.
- Enze i-dhikr ne-du'a eningi — cela intethelelo, ucele inhlalakahle yalabo obathandayo, uthulule noma yini esenhliziyweni yakho phambi kuka-Allah.
- Agcine i-I'tikaf — ukuzihlukanisa emsjidini ngezinsuku eziyishumi zokugcina kwakuwumkhuba ohlala ujwayelekile kaMprofethi ﷺ futhi kungenye yezindlela ezinamandla kakhulu zokugxila ngokuphelele ekukhonzeni.
Ubusuku Besihe Esingenamkhawulo
I-Laylat al-Qadr akuyona nje isenzakalo — siyisihe saphezulu, esinikezwa minyaka yonke emphakathini obungaphuthelwa. U-Allah, ngokuphana kwakhe okungenamkhawulo, ubeka phambi kwawo wonke umkholwa ubusuku lapho izikali zempilo yonke zingaguquka khona, izono zingasuleka, namaphupho abhalwe kabusha.
Ungabuvumeli budlule ngokunganaki. Ngisho noma umzimba ubuthakathaka nobusuku buzwakala bude, ukukhothama okukodwa okuqotho phambi kuka-Allah kulobo bumnyama obubusisiwe kubiza okungaphezu kweminyaka yokukhonza okuphazamisekile.
Sengathi u-Allah angasipha isibusiso sokufinyelela i-Laylat al-Qadr sisesimweni sokholo nokuzinikela, futhi sengathi angamukela ukukhonza kwethu, athethelele amaphutha ethu, asibhale phakathi kwalabo abakhululwe eMlilweni.