{"id":3247,"date":"2016-11-16T09:14:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T09:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/v2\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2016-11-16T09:53:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T09:53:04","slug":"misri-saakar-sharbat-sodannu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/misbah\/thaqaafatfatemiyah\/misri-saakar-sharbat-sodannu\/","title":{"rendered":"<sup>Misri, Saakar, Sharbat, Sodannu<\/sup>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sodannu<\/em> (also called <em>Choba<\/em> or <em>Shakranu<\/em>), <em>Misri, Saakar<\/em> and <em>Sharbat<\/em> are words familiar to each <em>mumin\u2019s<\/em> household. The prime emotion associated with them is a feeling of joy and gladness.<\/p>\n<p>Come new Hijri year, come <em>pehli<\/em> <em>raat<\/em> or <em>pehli<\/em> <em>taarikh<\/em> of any Hijri month, come any occasion or moment of celebration, <em>Misri<\/em> and <em>Sodannu<\/em> are the media of sharing happiness with each other.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tradition of making <em>Sodannu<\/em> dates back to centuries. In one of his discourses Maulana Mohammed Burhanuddin<sup>RA<\/sup> precisely directed <em>mumineen<\/em> towards the method of making <em>Sodannu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sodannu<\/em> is a tri-layered sweet dish that marks the start of happy meals. A layer of sugar overlaid with a layer of cooked rice, which in turn is overlaid with a second layer of sugar is named <em>Sodannu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Syedi Sadiqali Saheb<sup>AQ<\/sup> has captured the essence of the tradition of offering <em>Sharbat<\/em> and preparing <em>Sodannu<\/em> in his following verse:<\/p>\n<p class=\"fatemi\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u0634\u0631\u0628\u0629 \u062e\u0648\u0634\u064a \u0646\u0627 \u062b\u062b\u0638\u0638\u0644\u0633\u0633 \u0645\u064f\u0628\u0634\u0640\u0650\u0651\u0631 \u0646\u0633\u0633 \u062b\u062b\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0640\u0633\u0633\u0640\u0633<br \/>\n\u062f\u0644 \u0634\u0627\u062f \u062a\u0647\u0626\u064a \u0646\u0633\u0633 \u0634\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0646\u0627 \u062d\u062d\u0648\u0628\u0627\u0624 \u0643\u0647\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0633\u0633\u0633<\/p>\n<p>When Maulana Qutbuddin Shahid<sup>RA<\/sup> was in the custody of Aurangzeb, Mumineen of Ahemdabad consoled themselves saying that Maulana would be soon released. They would then offer <em>Sharbat<\/em> to the person who would herald the news of his release and then consume <em>Choba (Sodannu)<\/em> celebrating the release of Maulana Qutbuddin Shahid<sup>RA<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The above verse highlights principal elements that the tradition of offering <em>Sharbat<\/em> and making <em>Sodannu<\/em> comprises of, like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This tradition commemorates joyous occasions<\/li>\n<li><em>Raza naa saheb<\/em> is offered <em>Sharbat<\/em> first<\/li>\n<li><em>Sharbat<\/em> and <em>Sodannu<\/em> both are ways to express happiness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Besides making <em>Sodannu<\/em>, offering <em>Sharbat<\/em> to <em>Raza<\/em> naa <em>Saheb<\/em> during *<em>majlis<\/em> organized commemorating celebrations or other <em>Deeni<\/em> events, is a <em>Fatemi<\/em> tradition to which every <em>mumin<\/em> adult and child is accustomed. <em>Sharbat<\/em> is first offered to <em>Raza naa Saheb<\/em>; who in a sense is <em>Mubashshir<\/em>, the harbinger of joy for the <em>mumineen<\/em> whom he presides over by the <em>raza<\/em> of Aqa Maula<sup>TUS<\/sup>. Others present in the <em>majlis<\/em>, then take a sip form the very cup of <em>Sharbat<\/em> that <em>Raza naa Saheb<\/em> has consumed from. This indeed symbolizes the element of sharing joy.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest <em>Mubashshir<\/em> for <em>mumineen<\/em> is our beloved maula Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin<sup>TUS<\/sup>. When <em>al-Hayy al-Muqaddas<\/em> Maulana Mohammed Burhanuddin<sup>RA<\/sup> proclaimed <em>Nass<\/em> on him, Al-Vazarat Al-Saifiyah Al-Mo\u2019azzamah instructed all <em>mumineen<\/em> to prepare <em>Sodannu<\/em> celebrating one of the happiest moments of their lives; witnessing the <em>Nass<\/em> of a <em>Dai<\/em> on his successor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sodannu<\/em> is also called <em>Shakranu<\/em>; a word clearly stating the Fatemi philosophy under-lying the tradition of <em>Sodannu<\/em> and <em>Sharbat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Misri, Saakar, Sharbat, Sodannu<\/em> is a customary exposition of one\u2019s feelings of gratitude for the bounties and blessings bestowed by Allah Ta\u2019la and His <em>Wali<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>May Allah bless us with countless bounties on the hands of our <em>Mubashshir<\/em>, Maulana Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin<sup>TUS<\/sup>. May Allah grant a long and healthy life to him,\u00a0the custodian of <em>Thaqaafat Fatemiyah,<\/em> till the day of <em>Qiyaamat<\/em>. <em>Amin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>*On <em>urs majaalis<\/em>, <em>khak-e-shifa<\/em> is offered to <em>raza naa saheb<\/em>; instead of <em>Sharbat<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sodannu (also called Choba or Shakranu), Misri, Saakar and Sharbat are words familiar to each mumin\u2019s household. The prime emotion associated with them is a feeling of joy and gladness. Come new Hijri year, come pehli raat or pehli taarikh of any Hijri month, come any occasion or moment of celebration, Misri and Sodannu are &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3247"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3259,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions\/3259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}