The story of Al -Masharati .. A interesting story that many people do not know

During the blessed month of Ramadan, many people await during the night hours, the arrival of Al -Masharati to the vicinity of their homes to wake them up to the time of suhoor.

Actually, “Al -Masharati” is one of the distinguished characters in Ramadan, and its role has become a popular profession that depends on the words, chants and simple special rituals .. What are the origins of this profession and what does the information say about it?

– First of all, the Muslims knew the time of Suhoor during the era of the Messenger, peace be upon him, with the ears of “Bilal bin Rabah”, and they know the abstinence of food with the ears of Abdullah Ibn Umm Maktoum.

– Historians mention that Al -Masharati appeared to exist when the governor of Egypt noticed the Ataba bin Ishaq that people do not pay attention to the time of suhoor, and there is no one who does this task at the time, so he volunteered himself for this task, and he was floating around the streets of Cairo at night to wake its people at the time of magic, and that was in 238 AH, where he was floating on his feet by walking from the city of Al -Askar to the mosque of Amr bin Al -Aas in Al -Fustat: You are charming, in suhoor is a blessing. ”

– In the era of the Fatimid state, the ruler, by the Fatimid order, issued an order for his soldiers to pass on the homes and knock on the doors with the aim of awakening the sleeper to suhoor, and with the passage of time a man was allocated to carry out the mission of Al -Masharati who was calling: O people of God, be magicing.

– Then the phenomenon of municipality developed at the hands of the people of Egypt, where they invented the drum to carry the magicians to knock on it instead of using the stick.

– Likewise, the matter developed into several people with a country drum and Sajat headed by Al-Masharati, and they sing light songs, where Al-Masharati participated in the composition of the songs that they advocate every night.

– Because of the rituals and poems of the magicians, it has become a loved character for the small before the big one, and the Ramadan lantern was associated with the magicians, where the children were carrying lanterns around the magicians at night and singing the tunes of the drum, such as: Halo, oh, Ramadan Kareem, O Halo .. Disencing the bag and adding to a cream .. O you go to what you see, O Halo. (Statement)