Sonke sizwile ngakho IMecca, "Uhambo oluya eMecca", "kufana nokuya eMecca" nemisho enjalo, kodwa mhlawumbe bambalwa kakhulu kithi abake bahlangana nomuntu oye khona ngempela.
Futhi yilokho IMecca ingeyamaSulumane kuphela ngakho-ke uma kungeyona inkolo yakho i-Islam awusoze wakwazi ukuguqula le nkulumo ibe yiqiniso. Ukonga amabanga, ukuya eMecca kuwuhlobo lweCamino de Santiago, uhambo oluyingqayizivele ngempela, olungenakuphindwa futhi olungalibaleki ngakho ake sibone ukuthi imayelana nani.
IMecca
Ngokomthetho kufanele wazi ukuthi iyi- idolobha eliseSaudi Arabia. Leli lizwe lithatha ingxenye enkulu yenhlonhlo yase-Arabia nemingcele yeJordani, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain. I-Yemen, i-Oman noLwandle Olubomvu.
Ngokuba nemizi emibili ebaluleke kakhulu yamaSulumane liyizwe elingcwele. Ngikhuluma ngeMecca kodwa nangeMedina. Selokhu kwatholakala uwoyela ngawo-30, izwe seliguquliwe futhi njengoba wazi kahle, namuhla le ndawo ibaluleke kakhulu empilweni yethu yaseNtshonalanga neyongxiwankulu.
IMecca idolobha elingcwele kunazo zonke e-Islam futhi ngenxa yaleso sizathu Ongayenzi le nkolo uvinjelwe ukungena. Ngokwesinye isandla Wonke amaSulumane kumele, noma kanye empilweni yakhe, enze uhambo lokuya eMecca.
Lolu hambo lubizwa I-Hajj futhi ingenye yezinsika ezinhlanu zobuSulumane. Wonke umuntu omdala ongumSulumane kufanele akwenze lokho, noma ngabe ungowesilisa noma owesifazane, uma enemali yokwenza lolu hambo futhi nempilo yakhe iyaluvumela. Imindeni empofu ayikwazi ukuyikhokhela ngaso sonke isikhathi ngakho-ke imali iyatshalwa ukuze nelungu elilodwa likwazi ukwenza lolu hambo.
El I-Hajj kungenziwa kuphela ngenyanga ka- dhu kuya-hijjah ngakho-ke kukhona izinkulungwane nezinkulungwane zabantu abathatha uhambo lokuhambela. Ngaphezulu kwezigidigidi futhi ezinye izibalo zikhuluma ngokuthuthela kwabantu abayizigidi ezimbili eSaudi Arabia ngalolo suku.
Uhambo luhlala luhlanganisa ukuvakashelwa kwe-Holy Mosque, iKaaba, Mina, i-Hill of Arafat neJabal Rahma, Muzdalifah, Jabal Al Thur, Jabal Al Noor, Masdij e Taneem, Hudaibiyah, Ja'aronah noJannat ui Mualla. Yizindawo ezibhekwa njengezingcwele ngoba uMuhammad wadlula, wanikeza intshumayelo yakhe yokugcina, abangani bakhe bangcwatshwa, lapho ahamba khona, njalonjalo.
Uma lolu hambo lwenzeka kwenye inyanga lwaziwa ngelinye igama: Umrah. IMecca ingcwele ngoba yindawo lapho iZwi likaNkulunkulu lavezwa khona okokuqala kuMprofethi uMuhammad..
IKaaba nezindawo ezizungezile kuqukethe izindaba ezilahlekile ekuqaleni kwesikhathi. Isibonelo, kunendaba yokuthi u-Adam wangcwatshwa eMecca noma ukuthi ubaba ka-Abrham, u-Ibrahim, wayakha nendodana yakhe u-Ishmael.
Vakashela i-mecca
Kunikezwa ama-visa akhethekile ngohambo ukuze amaSulumane omhlaba kufanele asondele kumanxusa awacubungule. Kungamaphepha amaningi futhi imininingwane eqinile kakhulu iyacelwa kumhambi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abesifazane abangamaSulumane kumele benze lolu hambo lube ngoyebo noma yebo ngendoda esebenza njengomqaphi ngaphandle kokuthi baneminyaka engama-45 noma ngaphezulu futhi bahamba njengeqembu futhi ngemvume yabayeni babo.
Izwe ngalinye linikezwa inombolo ethile yama-visa wokuhambela. Le nombolo ibheka inani lamaSulumane ahlala kulelo zwe futhi-ke futhi kuncike kwinani labahambi abalicelayo ezinyangeni. Umqondo ukuthi azikho izigidi zabantu abaningi kakhulu ngoba kungaba nezinxushunxushu.
Ngabe umuntu ongazalwa engumSulumane angahamba? Lutho neze. A Abangewona amaSulumane kufanele bahlale amakhilomitha ayi-15 ukusuka eMecca neMedina. Uma umuntu ongakholwa etholwa eseduze, usengozini yokujeziswa kanzima.
Ukuze uvakashele amasayithi angcwele kufanele ube ngumSulumane, ozelwe noma oguqukile. Kepha uma kuyicala lesibili, lokhu kufanele kucaciswe kwisicelo se-visa kanye nokugunyazwa okuvela esikhungweni samaSulumane okungenelele ekuqeqeshweni kwabo kwamaSulumane futhi kufanele kwethulwe isitifiketi esifanele sokuguqulwa.
Ngokushesha, Ufika kanjani eMecca? Indlela esheshayo yile ngendiza eya UJedahh. Leli dolobha linesikhumulo sezindiza samazwe omhlaba esisetshenziselwa iHajj noma uhambo oluya eMecca. Lokhu osebeni loLwandle Olubomvu, entshonalanga yezwe, futhi kungokwakhe idolobha lesibili elinabantu abaningi.
Kusuka Jeddah la IMecca noma iMedina kusekude amahora ambalwa. Ungafika lapho ngemoto, ngomgwaqo omkhulu, uhamba ngemoto noma ngebhasi. Inkampani yamabhasi yi-SAPTCO kepha uzobona amabhasi amaningi ohlobo lomthetho.
Kunamatheminali amabili eJeddah, elinye lixubekile kanti elinye elemaSulumane kuphela, iHaram al Sharif. Ngesinye isikhathi ngasendleleni kukhona idokodo lamaphoyisa futhi kukhona nabangewona amaSulumane. Abantu, ngamafuphi nje, bahamba ngezimoto, amabhasi kanye namaveni amancane Akubizi futhi unezimpawu ngesi-Arabhu nangesiNgisi.
Kusukela ngo-2010, i-metro isebenze ngezintambo ezinhlanu zesimanje futhi kwenziwa umsebenzi wokuxhuma uhlelo nazo zonke izingosi ezingcwele, ngakho-ke mhlawumbe ngokuzayo kuzoba lula futhi kusheshe ukuhambahamba.
Ingafinyelelwa futhi ngemizila ehlukene yomhlaba. Isibonelo, ukusuka eDamaseku kwehle ugu loLwandle Olubomvu. Idolobha eliseduze kakhulu laseSaudi yiTabuk futhi emngceleni amaphoyisa aqaphele kakhulu ngoba awafuni abantu bokufika abeza ukuzofuna umsebenzi futhi baqambe amanga ngezaba zohambo.
Ngakho-ke, kufanele wethule ithikithi lokuya nokubuya nemali. Kufanele ukhokhe imali kumenzeli okhethekile, obizwa umawwif, onakekela indawo yokuhlala, ezokuthutha, ezokuqondisa kanye nolunye usizo eMecca.
Kusuka Tabuk umuntu angaqhubeka nohambo oluya eMedina, idolobha uMphrofethi Muhammad alivakashela esuka eMecca ngo-622 ngemuva kokwenqatshwa ngemisebenzi yakhe. Lapha kwabekwa izisekelo zobuSulumane futhi kulapho kukhona ithuna likaMuhammad. Ngenkathi iMedina iyidolobha laseMuhammad, iMecca yidolobha lase-Allah.
Indawo yokungena eMedina ilawulwa kakhulu ngoba njengendawo engcwele abangakholwa abakwazi ukungena. Kunezilawuli eziningi ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngemuva kokuhambela okuyimpoqo, abavakatjhi ngokuvamile bathatha itekisi elihamba ibanga elide ukufika eMecca, benqamula ugwadule.
EMecca kunamahhotela amaningi, kuzo zonke izinhlobo, ngisho neHilton, ngakho amanani ayahluka. Lapho ihotela liseduze ne-Sacred Mosque, amanani ayo azophakama. Kukhona okunye okunethezeka kakhulu okunemibono emihle yedolobha, kepha ake ucabange ngamanani.
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