In continuation of the theme of how women gather in Tatar families in order to read the holy book of Muslims together. Details about the meeting in the topic. The discussion in that post was interesting. Firstly, to the name I proposed for the meeting - "Majlis", friends gave the names that are used in their families: "Kur" an ashy "Ash ukytu" "Koran ukyty" this time, the mother-in-law, inviting to the meeting, said “Koran ukitib”, which is more in Uzbek than in Tatar.Secondly, she learned that among the Tatars in Russia sometimes men gather at the same table with women, only they sit separately. We have at best, in different rooms, or, if conditions and weather permit, men are in the yard, women are in the house. And I also learned that the word "abystai" was used to refer to the wife of the mullah, who conducted educational work among women. But the main thing is Ash - food plays a special role on this holiday. In addition to what the hostesses cook at home, each guest brings homemade cakes. The table is simply bursting with all sorts of goodies.
I cooked small echpechmak. For "my own" I usually make large ones - the size allows you to put only 8 pieces on a baking sheet. "Guest" option - 20 pieces.
The dough is traditional, Tatar: for a little more than 6 glasses of flour (this is a kilogram), 100 grams of butter (butter, melted, fat or margarine for baking), half a liter of sour thick milk (sour cream), salt. The preparation of this dough was described repeatedly (Tag "Tatar cuisine"). But this time I slightly changed the process of mixing the components.
I melt the butter in the microwave. Two or three minutes at low power 120-180 W, and we have a solid melted butter mass. So, before introducing it into flour, I dissolved a teaspoon of salt in sour milk and added warm melted butter there. Mix until smooth, and then pour into flour. I'm still thinking about the chemistry and physics of this process. But the dough turns out much better.
I won’t undertake to write about the formation of an echpechmak, you need to watch it. Or make a lot of echpechmaks to form an equilateral triangle with a hole from a circle of dough, so that the corners do not stick out with crooked squiggles. I'll put a webcam in the kitchen... :)) Update:
brembilla
does so ->
Having wrapped the echpechmaks in foil and multi-layered fabrics and put them in a semicircular wicker basket, I went to the women's meeting to read the holy book. And this meeting was an amazing gift for me.
I previously talked about abystay, which. After she once made a mistake, mentioning the names of the living in the memorial words, the mother-in-law decided to invite another woman. And this was an amazing woman who gave us all a holiday.
She “read” in a low, rich, beautiful voice. Her hearing was perfect and the sacred texts not only sounded, they poured music of amazing purity. And not just she led the meeting, but talentedly coordinated the process. She prompted the moments when and what to do, without reproaching anyone for ignorance. Kindly explained all the required words and actions. Her target setting was correct - to read, to explain, to teach, to create an appropriate atmosphere. And she achieved this, with a smile, affectionately and kindly.
And yet, the next majlis fell on Mawlid, the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him - it is customary to say after mentioning the name). And this old, beautiful woman began to talk about Mawlid. She told us about the Tatar religious traditions, which many families began to forget. And this tradition is religious songs in the Tatar language, which are sung on Mawlid. These are ballads that are performed in the Tatar melody, and in the usual vocal manner for Tatars. The texts of these old Tatar ballads tell about significant religious events and famous pious people, about the life of the Prophet himself (Remember, you need to add peace and blessings to him).
We listened, and listened, spellbound. From time to time, abystai also attracted us to the action, we had to sing along the simple words of the anthem, form a symbolic circle, hugging each other. Time flew. How I wanted to record these songs, so that later I could listen to them carefully. I didn't understand everything in the text.
May this woman be healthy and live long. I really want to meet her again and ask her to play these amazing Tatar ballads for recording. And if those songs cannot be sung at another time, I will look forward to the next Mawlid, and wait for this abystai, and wish her good health.
And she read again, read beautifully and powerfully. And called in prayer the names of the departed. And she asked for the blessings of all who were alive.
When all the traditions were observed, and we drank tea with all kinds of goodies, she suddenly began to talk about traditions, about the language. And she said that the Tatars always had wonderful songs at the table. But doesn’t anyone want to sing a beautiful Tatar song about the family, about mother, about the homeland ... And suddenly “Enkey”, “Kora Urman”, “Yosh Gomer” sounded ... It was the high voices of the aunts that shimmered in Tatar roulades. And it was wonderful.
Update.
Continuation of a story.
It happened. How did you decide? Don't know. Rather, it so happened that she did it without thinking. I realized it only when in the evening a Tatar friend asked how I was not afraid to take on such a thing, and that she herself, alone, was afraid to do it. But, already from the height of her experience, she answered: “It is difficult, but not scary. There would be a desire, and there, they will help. So please seek advice."
It is about the traditional Tatar gathering of women at the festive table with the reading of sacred texts. It must be said that collecting women is traditionally a matter for the older generation. Young people often do not see the point in this. And he attends such meetings only out of tribute to the traditions of his ancestors. Yes, and for the time being, this never occurred to me. But it so happened that at one of the meetings, fate brought me together with the amazing woman Oltin-beke, who turned our gathering into an amazingly beautiful action. () And she sang to us with her juicy strong voice old Tatar religious ballads. And I had no rest from the fact that I want to hear it again.
When I tried to find any information about the religious chants of the Tatars, I found out with surprise that there is this “blank spot” in our history. And there are no serious studies on this topic, not to mention the texts themselves. Only someone remembered how a certain aunt or grandmother sang these songs a long time ago. And that's it. Was it possible to put a point here? Calm down that I'm one of the few who heard this? I thought for a long time. How will this woman react to the proposal to repeat it under the microphone? Will not be offended, will not condemn? They even contacted a friend, the owner of a recording studio. Maybe bring it there and write it down?
I decided to have a serious conversation with my mother-in-law. Explained everything. My mother-in-law is an adequate woman, she took the negotiations into her own hands. "Let's try!" -she said. If he refuses, what can you do, but agrees - so we will do a good deed for our own - the record will remain in the family.
The mother-in-law called back a couple of days later and said:
- Oltin-beke agreed! Only she said that it is better to do it in your house. She has set a date and time, you must come and pick her up and bring her to your place.
- Mom, but did you explain to her what I want to record?
- Yes. She doesn't mind at all. She said that it was even very good. So get ready, kizim. Let's call a small circle - about ten people. How can I help you, tell me. What to bake?
- Of course, your Gubad!
- Yara, Kizim, if anything, call.
And I began to prepare for holding the Koran ashi in my house. And, comprehending what happened, I set out instructions for conducting.
Such a meeting begins with the fact that you need to find a woman (women) who reads the sacred texts and negotiate with her. If there are any in the family, even better. Mark the date and time with her.
Next, call all relatives of advanced and middle years. Invite them. Also call all other female relatives, starting from the age of the brides. It is customary to come to such events without fail. If there are close friends (according to the faith of Muslim ancestors), or neighbors, or their mothers, their names are also.
Next comes the general cleaning of the apartment, along with washing the windows, washing the curtains, washing all the corners and nooks and crannies. If one of the guests is in your house for the first time, it is customary to show the entire apartment, including the bathroom and kitchen. On this topic, just in case, I prepared my youngest, if suddenly I don’t have time. Yes, and my mother was ready.
Rooms. It is necessary to determine the room where to put children and men, set a small table there. Someone will come with a child, someone will be brought by her husband. And they need to find a comfortable place. At the same time, men will follow the children.
Prayer room. Prayer time will definitely fall during this period. To do this, you need to prepare a completely clean room. After all, praying grandmothers will bow on the floor. Therefore, lower yourself into a similar position and check whether it is perfectly clean under your wardrobe and sofa. In the absence of a prayer rug, prepare large clean towels. And you also need to know where you have the west, where the east. You will definitely be asked about this in order to determine the right direction. Here my Tatar vocabulary was replenished with new words: kenbatysh - west, kenchygysh - east, tenyak - north, kenyak - south. How! Especially the south!
Next, look at your bookshelves - if there are any photographs, paintings and souvenirs that are not appropriate for this event. I removed an Egyptian papyrus miniature depicting the god Ra, a painting by an artist friend depicting a hellish scene, and a couple of Cambodian figurines.
Small gifts. It is customary for each guest, at the end of the meeting, to present small gifts. Most often, these are beautiful handkerchiefs, in which a banknote and a bag are wrapped in order to take kuchtanach with you - gifts from the table. Since I had only ten guests expected, I took the liberty of buying a headscarf for each. And do not invest a bill. For a Tatar, a scarf is never superfluous. Next, I also bought a bundle of pretty bags for baked goods. All this is rolled up: a handkerchief bag. It is laid out on a beautiful tray and left in an inconspicuous place in the room where the “reading” will take place.
Place for kuptanach. Since each guest will come with his own baked goods - and these are usually trays and lyagans. It is necessary to prepare a place where all this is compiled, cut and laid out. There is also a stack of plates for this. Each brought gift is accepted with words of gratitude. We remember the dishes or the guest's tray. Lay out and cut only half of the gift. It is placed on the table. The second half will be divided and given to those who could not come - small children, nursing mothers, elderly parents. Well, of course, something will remain in the house.
For this case, I identified a kitchen shelf on which there is a microwave oven, having cleared, first, all the shelves. I had to take away the laptop - it is on the shelf under the microwave and lies. If there are more guests, a corner will not save here. More space needs to be prepared.
Also check if there are enough slippers for all. Should be enough. If not, go ahead and buy it. Or sew your own from an old man's leather jacket. Your guests should feel comfortable in your home.
Entrance. We send the younger one to sweep and wash the entrance. Fortunately, the cottage has only two floors. The front door is not locked on this day. The one who is late knows and will quietly come in without a call.
Now the table setting.
A beautiful tablecloth, the best dishes - this is understandable. And beautiful cloth napkins. They are handed out when the guests are already seated. It is better to entrust this matter to one of the close relatives. You have enough to do. Now about teapots. I don’t know about you, we drink tea a lot, a lot. Just keep brewing. Based on one kettle for three to four people. This is provided that everyone drinks tea of the same variety. We have only one relative who drinks black, the rest all drink only green. Especially if they are older women who usually have high blood pressure - here green tea is the best thing. And it would be nice to add a blackcurrant leaf there. For flavor and pleasure.
We drink tea from bowls. Uzbek specifics. Therefore, each hostess should have at least 20 of them. For noodles - casas, or soup cups according to the number of guests. Not enough - buy, they are very cheap. Beautiful salt shakers, pepper shakers, beautiful cups for chopped onions and dill - sprinkle noodles. This is the foundation.
Menu.
First: noodles (tokmach), unconditionally and undeniably. If you respect your guests, the noodles should be homemade.
Second: potatoes with chicken in Tatar style. This is also inescapable. Some call it elesh.
Third: something you must bake yourself. Your guests will bring the rest. I cooked echpemak.
Preliminary: dried fruits - black and yellow raisins, dried apricots, prunes, peanuts, sugared peanuts, roasted peas, walnuts. All this is laid out highly artistically in tea saucers all over the table. It is pleasant to drink the first tea with this, and grannies love to put dried apricots and prunes in tea. Don't forget to bring teaspoons here! More good candy. I know from experience that our women respect soufflé and marmalade in chocolate. That is why I bought a little, different varieties, good Kharkov and Donetsk ones at Katartala.
Vegetables: Tomatoes and cucumbers are served, cut into oval circles. Salt a little, decorate with greens. Others are not accepted.
If there are several women in the family hosting Ash, each should cook. Since, besides me, there is only Lyalka in the family now, who can cook only buckwheat with mushrooms, pasta, and she was able to make belenlar - Tatar pancakes. Her pancakes turned out great. For the sake of this, I also had to run for a kaimak, so that they could serve pancakes complete with Lyalka's pancakes. Pancakes passed "hurrah".
- How old is your daughter? Oltin-beke asked in Tatar, seeing such attention to pancakes.
- un (ten)
“Well done, you’re raising your daughter right,” she said.
After that, a lyalka was called from the children's and men's room for a general inspection.
- Call the children, let them sit with us! - said Oltin-beke
Here the grandmothers of these children were alarmed: “They are so noisy!”
But I still went to the children and invited them to sit with the women for a while. But these little cousins and cousins had not seen each other for so long that they flatly refused. I was very sorry. Well, it's not evening yet.
Now in detail about what, and how I cooked.
Two days before, I made wonderful homemade noodles with only flour, salt and eggs with a sunny orange yolk. (Proportions: for two cups of flour, 4 eggs and a teaspoon of salt)
The dough was juicy yellow and dense as amber. I rolled it out in small pieces until the oilcloth pattern on the table began to clearly show.
Now about the broth. She took two chickens. Young, with delicate skin, they were not even a year old. Neatly gutted, perfectly cleaned, with long necks. I get these from my favorite shop on Katartala. One of them the night before turned into. I also put a mixture of kaimak and eggs inside. Boiled in a small amount of water. The broth was filtered from a small amount of egg flakes and put in the refrigerator “until H hour”.
Two hours before the appointed time, I put the second chicken to boil. Carefully removed the foam, reduced the power to a minimum. Dropped a branch of green celery.
She took out the broth from under Tutyrgan tovuk from the refrigerator. In a small amount of this broth (salted), I boiled amber, elastic, small noodles. This is 20 minutes before serving.
Another part of the broth - boiled without salt, added dry dill, bay leaf, ground cilantro, boiled in it beautiful, young, halved young potatoes and three young thin carrots.
Having installed a steamer cup on this pan, she warmed up the tutyrgan tovuk, pre-cut into portioned pieces, for a couple.
Part of the boiled (second) chicken cut into small pieces. The remains of the broth from under Tutyrgan tovuk added to the main broth. (By the way, young, tender chickens are boiled in an hour and a half. After two, they are boiled down.)
So everything is ready. (I have not yet described here that at six in the morning, I shifted them with foil, wrapped them in a warm flannelette blanket. They were still hot at 12 00)
When it came time to serve the noodles, I arranged cash registers on the kitchen table according to the number of guests. In each - a portion of boiled hand-made noodles, to which I also added a little butter so that it does not stick together. A handful of chicken meat. Here, thanks to my spouse, who, seeing that I was “sewn up”, and he controlled me, stood up to the stove (this is an unacceptable phenomenon in our family), and began to pour the transparent amber broth into casseroles. Me and my eldest could only carry.
The noodles were good.
Potatoes boiled in rich chicken broth were laid out on a dish. I salted it, floating, with coarse salt. Sprinkled with carrots, cut into "kopecks". On top I laid the pieces of stuffed egg under the skin of the chicken. The egg mixture with kaimak and pepper, poured into the carcass, cut into cubes, spread out along the edges of the dish. Garnished with green parsley sprigs. Sprinkled with dill.
They ate with pleasure, praised, it was pleasant. My mother-in-law said that I had oltin kullar - golden hands, and was proud of me. Mom was saying something about me in Tatar with incredible speed. I failed to understand. "What did you say there?" I asked later. "Praised" - sparingly answered my mother.
There was also beautiful Gubadia from her mother-in-law:
Balish with cherries and apples, homemade crumbly sesame kazinaki, kush-tili (brushwood) and much more:
Now with feeling and arrangement the whole process.
They warned the neighbor opposite not to turn on their favorite Bolalar loudly. They warned the neighbor from below that his beloved antediluvian "Gaza Strip" is not the topic today, and nothing at all is the topic today. They warned the native drunk from the neighboring entrance that today he would be rowdy in another yard. For it's warm, and all the windows are open.
The neighbors were sympathetic.
- At 12 00 guests begin to gather. The hostess meets with each herself, kisses, hugs, accepts containers with gifts.
- The youngest - at the distribution of slippers.
- Those who are in the house for the first time we conduct around the house and demonstrate what is what. introducing household members, for those who don't know.
- Then everyone goes to the bathroom, wash their hands. There should be plenty of towels hanging here.
We escort the guests to the room where the meeting will take place.
- When an abystai comes - the woman who will “read”, we take her to the bathroom, then to the living room, seat her in a place of honor, call all her relatives, introduce her in turn. After that, she will invite all your household members to sit down and “read on your family”, that is, she will say the words of a prayer asking you to grant your house all the best.
- You go off to make tea and serve it. Brew and serve endlessly.
- In the intervals, you accept goodies and serve some of them on the table in pre-prepared plates. At the same time, voice each dish, naming its author.
- Finally, everyone gathered. There will be a first prayer.
- Then you drink tea with goodies on the table. You, as a hostess, must make sure that each guest puts on her plate from each gift. It doesn't matter that it's impossible to eat it all. All this will be “read” and each will take these gifts with her, with her relatives.
- Next to the abystai, who will read, on the table, we leave some space so that she can put her books. As soon as she takes out the books, we stop drinking tea and the main action begins. Reading a holy book. The reading woman herself will make it clear when the time comes to “fold hands in prayer.” It doesn't bother you, does it? You may choose not to. And you can repeat the gesture. There is no sacrilege in this. And at such a table, your religion does not matter at all. After all, what difference does it make in what language the words of the prayer will sound? That's why everyone can join. Everything here is open and democratic.
- Reading takes at least an hour. It is a peaceful and blissful process. Relax and trust the person who knows what he is doing. Before that, by the way, it would be nice to pour some tea into bowls for everyone, so that the water takes on the sacred vibration. You will then taste this tea, and it will seem unusual to you.
- Abystay reads the texts until the time for prayer comes. She will give you a sign. And you take her to a room where she can pray in peace.
- At this time - a bullet in the kitchen. Now noodles should be served - Tokmach and potatoes with chicken - Elesh. Finely chopped greens - lamb onion is best. And tea, tea, tea.
- Then you eat, talk about life. (We talked about Tatar cuisine. Naturally, I directed it in this direction, and we talked and talked ...)
- Then the abystai will again give a sign, and again the time of thanksgiving prayers will come.
- Here you take out handkerchiefs, and give gifts to each guest. Put some money in a hotel for abystai - the amount is quite small. But that's not the point, is it? Ask each guest to put any goodies from the table into the bags they brought. And make sure that no one is ashamed to do so. Abystay needs special care. She will put a little - take her package and report as much as possible.
- Next, you rush to the kitchen in a hurry to put in the brought dishes from the postponed gifts and return to each hostess. If anyone has elderly or sick people left at home - here in a jar of noodles with chicken, potatoes with chicken in a plastic container (they are ready), additional sweets, etc.
- Hug again, kiss, say words of gratitude.
Now I have a unique hour-long recording of religious Tatar chants and invaluable experience.
All praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds!
The Quran is a holy book sent to us by Allah through the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu "alayhi wa sallam). Therefore, it must be treated with awe and reverence. There are external and internal rules of conduct when reading the Quran. External ones are the purity of the reader, the environment around and the behavior itself internal - this is the mood of a person when reading, the state of his soul.
External Rules for Reading the Qur'an:
Be sure to be in a state of ritual purity. “Verily, this is a noble Quran, which is in the Preserved Scripture, only the purified ones touch it.”(Sura al-Waqia 77-79). That is, it is strictly forbidden for men and women to touch and read the Koran after intimacy before performing ghusl - a complete ablution, and for men also after janabah (pollutions). It is also forbidden for women to touch the Qur'an with their hands during menstruation and postpartum hemorrhage, but they can recite it by heart if they are afraid to forget what they know from the Qur'an or as a dhikr. If the reader has already done ghusl, then he must do taharat (small ablution, wudu), that is, only those who have cleansed themselves with taharat can touch the Quran. And most scholars agree on this. However, if there is a ghusl, but there is no taharat, they can read the Qur'an from memory without touching it. Abu Salam said: “It was reported to me by someone who saw the Prophet (PBUH) once recite something from the Quran after urinating before touching the water (to perform ablution)”. (Ahmad 4/237. Hafiz Ibn Hajar called this hadith authentic. See “Nataij al-afqar” 1/213), another confirmation: Imam an-Nawawi said: “ Muslims are unanimous that it is permissible to read the Qur'an in the absence of a small wudu, although it is better to have a wudu for this. Imam al-Haramain and al-Ghazali said: “We do not say that reading the Qur'an without a small ablution is reprehensible, since it is reliably known from the Prophet (sallallahu "alayhi wa sallam) that he read the Koran in the absence of a small ablution!"” (See al-Majmu’ 2/82). As for the translations of the Quran or the electronic version on a computer or mobile, you can read and listen to the Quran without wudu. It is still better to have a ghusl out of respect for the words of Allah.
It is advisable to brush your teeth with miswak. (Miswak are sticks used to clean teeth made of Salvador Persian wood or arak). As the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “Indeed, your mouths are the ways of the Qur'an, so purify it with miswak."(Suyuti, Fathul Kabir: 1/293).
The next is clothing. The clothes of the one who reads the Koran must comply with the requirements of Sharia. It is necessary to dress like during prayer observing the awra (for men, the part from the navel to the knees is closed, for women everything is closed except for the face and hands), and of course the clothes must be clean.
You need to sit down with respect, with wudu (taharat) facing the qibla. Although not forbidden in any direction. Take your time in reading, read with tartil (arrangement) and tajweed. That is, you need to read with reverence and respect, observing the rules of pronunciation and reading.
Try to cry, and even force yourself. The Koran says: “They fall on their faces, touching the ground with their chins and weeping. And this increases their humility.”. (Sura Al-Isra 109). Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: The Qur'an was sent down with sorrow and you weep while reading it. If you can't cry, at least pretend to cry". People asked one Alim: “Why don’t we cry while reading the Qur’an like the Sahaba (radiyallahu anhum) cried?” He replied: “Yes, simply because when the Sahaba read about the inhabitants of hell, they were afraid that they were among them and wept, and we always think that this is someone there, but by no means us. And when the companions of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu "alayhi wa sallam) read in the Qur'an about the inhabitants of paradise, they said: how far we are before them and after we cried, and when we read about the people of paradise, we already imagine ourselves among them."
Pay tribute to the verses of mercy and punishment as mentioned above. That is, if in some sura it is written about the Day of Judgment or hellfire, reading the Koran, he should be aware of the importance of what is written and be afraid with all his heart and rejoice when reading verses that describe the mercy of Allah Almighty.
Recite in a singsong voice, because many hadiths give instructions for reciting the Qur'an in a singsong voice. One hadith says: Allah does not listen to anything like he listens to a prophet with a beautiful voice who recites the Qur'an aloud in a singsong voice". (Al-Maqdisi, "al-adab ash-shariyya", vol. 1, p. 741). The Prophet of Allah (PBUH) said: "Do not treat us who does not recite the Qur'an in a singsong voice." (Abu Dawud).
Internal rules defined by Mashaikhs (Sheikhs)
“Keep in your heart the Majesty of the Qur'an, how lofty these words are.
Keep in your heart the Majesty, Sublimity, Power of Allah Ta "ala, whose words are the Koran.
Clear the heart of waswas (doubts) and fears.
Reflect on the meaning and read with pleasure. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) once spent the night reciting the following verse again and again: "If You punish them, then they are Your servants, and if You forgive them, then You are the Great, the Wise." (surah) Meal: 118). One night, Hazrat Sa "id ibn Jubair (radiallahu" anhu) read the following verse before morning: "Separate yourself today, sinners." (Sura Yasin: 59)
Subdue your heart to the verse you are reading. For example, if the verse is about mercy, then the heart should be filled with joy, and if the verse is about punishment, then the heart should tremble.
Make the hearing so attentive, as if Allah Ta'ala himself speaks, and the one who reads Him listens. May Allah Ta'ala, with His Kindness and Grace, give us the opportunity to read the Quran with all these rules.
Adaba regarding the Holy Qur'an.
The Arabic word "adab" in translation into Russian means "ethics", "correct behavior", "good attitude". Adaba is the rules of etiquette for Muslims. In this case, adabs are given in relation to the Qur'an. They also include the rules listed above.
Do's and Don'ts with regard to the Qur'an
You can not put the Koran on the floor, it is better to put it on a stand or pillow.
Don't slobber your finger when turning pages.
You can not throw the Koran when passing it to another person.
You can not put it on your feet or under your head or lean on it.
Do not take the Koran or any texts that contain verses from the Koran to the toilet. It is also not allowed to say the verses of the Qur'an in the toilet.
Do not eat or drink while reading the Qur'an.
You can not read the Koran in noisy places, in markets and bazaars, as well as where they have fun and drink alcohol.
Do not yawn while reading the Quran. Also if belching is tormenting. It is best to stop and continue when the yawning or burping has passed.
One cannot freely retell and translate the Qur'an. The Prophet (PBUH) said: Those who interpret the Qur'an according to their own understanding, let them prepare a place for themselves in the fire of Hell"(At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawood and an-Nasai).
The Qur'an should not be read for worldly gain or to stand out from other Muslims. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: After reading from the Koran, ask for the goodness of Allah, ask for Paradise! Do not ask for a reward from worldly things (money, property). There will come a time when people will read the Qur'an in order to get close to people (to solve their worldly problems)."
You can’t talk about worldly things, laugh while reading the Koran.
Desirable actions in relation to the Qur'an
It is considered sunnah to start reading the Quran by saying: A'uzu billahi meena-shchaytani-rrajim» (I resort to the help of Allah against the wiles of the accursed shaitan!), and then « Bismillahi-rrahmani-rrahim (In the name of Allah, the Gracious and the Merciful).
It is considered sunnah to make a judgment (bow to the earth) if you have reached the verse with a sign of judgment (i.e., the verse of the bow to the earth).
At the end of reading the Qur'an, even if the entire Qur'an is not read completely, but only a part, you need to say the dua: “ Sadaqallahul-‘azim wa ballaga rasulukhul-kareem. Allahhumma-nfa‘na bihi wa barik lyana fihi wal-hamdu lillahi rabbil ‘alamin wa astagfirullahal-hayyal-qayyuma ". (“Great Allah spoke the truth and the noble Prophet brought it to the people. O Allah, grant us the benefit and grace of reading the Qur'an. All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and I turn to You with a request for the forgiveness of sins, O eternally Living and remaining forever!")
It is considered sunnah to read dua after reading the Qur'an. Any. Allah accepts such a prayer and answers it.
The Qur'an should be kept above other books and no other books should be placed on top of it.
« When the Qur'an is read, then listen to it and remain silent - perhaps you will have mercy"(Sura al-Araf 204).
It is advisable to repeat those verses of the Qur'an that have affected you. Once the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who knows the entire Qur'an, spent the whole night repeating the same verse: “If You punish them, then they are Your servants, and if You forgive them, then You are - Great, Wise!(Sura al-Maida (Meal): 118)
It is advisable to read the Quran at the time indicated by Allah: “ Pray from noon until nightfall and recite the Qur'an at dawn. Indeed, at dawn the Qur'an is recited in front of witnesses. ”(Sura al-Isra: 78) Because at dawn the angels are replaced: those who were with you at night are replaced by the angels of the morning. The reverse shift takes place in the late afternoon, after the afternoon prayer ʻAsr. And they are also witnesses to the recitation of the Qur'an.
Read the Qur'an slowly, pausing between verses. Meditate if you know the meanings of the verses, or read in parallel the translation of the meanings of the Qur'an. It is not recommended to read the Qur'an quickly. It is narrated that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: The one who read it in less than three days did not understand the Qur'an".(Tirizi, Quran: 13; Abu Dawud, Ramadan: 8-9; Ibni Maja, Ikamat: 178; Darimi, Salat: 173; Ahmad bin Hanbal: 2/164, 165, 189, 193, 195) will be able to think about the verses, will not be able to understand, as he will follow the speed of reading.
It is correct to read the letters, because for each letter of the Qur'an there is a tenfold reward. " If someone reads one letter from the Qur'an, one reward is written to him, and then this reward is increased ten times more."(At-Tirmizi).
Even if the reading of the Quran is not good, do not give up, but continue on, because the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “ Experts of the Koran will be next to the saints, the most worthy angels. And the one who finds it difficult to read the Qur'an, but still reads it, will receive a double reward.. (Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmizi, an-Nasai). But this does not mean that one should not learn how to pronounce and read the Qur'an correctly.
Do not leave the Quran open after reading.
It is allowed if you sneezed yourself, say “al-hamdu lillah” and if another sneezed - “yarhamukallah”. It is also allowed to get up while reading the Qur'an, if an older, respected and well-behaved person has entered.
It is not forbidden to read the Quran lying down.
It is not forbidden to read the Koran on the graves, as there are hadiths that speak of the benefits of this reading for the departed: “ You read Surah Yasin over the dead"(Ahmad, Abu Daoud, Hakim).
The provisions of the ethics of honoring the Holy Quran given here are taken from the books: An-Nawawi. "At-Tibyan"; Az Zabidi. "Ithaf", Imam al-Kurtubi "Tafsir al-Kurtubi".
In conclusion, a few hadiths about the benefits of reading the Qur'an
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Quran is an intercessor before Allah and justifies the reader before Him, and the one who is guided by it (the Quran), he will lead to Paradise, and the one who is not guided by it is drawn into the fire of hell"(al-Khaytham, at-Tabarani).
« You read the Qur'an, on the Day of Judgment he will come and become your intercessor."(Muslim).
“Whoever reads ten verses in one night, on that night his name will not be written among the careless people distracted from Allah"(Hakim).
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar - all guests, young and old, repeat after the mullah.
Today, relatives were gathering at my Elder Brother Rafael's house. They commemorated those who had gone to another world. Here, among the Tatars, it is called "Koren ashy". Everything went in the best traditions.
On the table are sweets, fruits, dried fruits, salt, honey, katyk, short, lemon (slices), black bread. Food can be more varied if possible. Brother had everything to the maximum. The daughter-in-law baked cakes, pies, chak-chak. Yes, and all the gifts that guests bring (this is also spelled out in a kind of etiquette) are supposed to be put on the table.
The main course is soup with noodles. Just broth and noodles. It’s great if different meats are cooked - this way it turns out rich and fragrant. Served in deep bowls.
After the soup - "olesh" - meat, potatoes, carrots, cabbage - all in small plates.
then - tea and belesh - a sweet pie with rice, dried apricots and raisins.
In the process, guests eat treats from the table, talk, communicate.
This is after the official part.
Before all this, prayer. Reading suras from the Koran, sermon.
After that, they distribute alms-money (from 5 to 50-100 rubles. In fact, it doesn’t matter HOW MUCH), handkerchiefs, tea, towels, soap. You need to start with the mullah, and then distribute to the guests in a clockwise direction.
Women, as a rule, are young relatives, daughters-in-law of the mistress of the house "on hand": they take out dishes, look after guests, pour tea. In a word, they don’t sit at the table, they help. Among those today were me, My Elder Sister Tanslu, Oksana, the wife of My Younger Brother Talgat.
Girls must be in headscarves, dresses with long sleeves, men in shirts, skullcaps.
older members of our family also came. Talgat followed Khafisa abi to Zaton, and Rashat Babai from Baigildino-ya followed. On the way back from the village to Ufa, we stopped by Raisa abi and Ildar. All the way we talked with him about marketing research in the magazine, about competitions, about the decline in circulation and ways to increase it. We will have to discuss points with the General Staff.
Brother Rafael gave each departing a gift of a jar of honey, meat, sweets from the table - so it is supposed that the family should also try the food consecrated by prayer.
The day that began at 07.30 in the morning ended at this time when I write these lines. Fatigue in the legs and in the body.
There was some nervousness, but I created it myself. My brother asked me to take pictures again. It's already pissing me off ... because in the end, I'm not in any of the family photos.
I refused, my brother entrusted it to his son. We made two general photographs, on different cameras. during the event, a brother's friend went and took pictures to give to everyone present. Naturally, I was not in these pictures - these shots were taken by me. Not destiny for me, in short, not destiny. Everything is there, but I am not. Bullshit, but a little annoying.
I also noticed that I stopped loving family celebrations. all because so far she is forced to attend them alone. What to do with this? .. It seems to me that it catches the eye of everyone - the brothers have wives, the sister has a husband, everyone has children - but I have no one.
Unhealthy feeling, I understand.
These are the mixed feelings in the soul instead of unconditional joy and prosperity.
All the curious can see photos from the event in the next post under the cut.
November 6 is the Day of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan. Today, solemn events are held in cities and regions - this is one of the main holidays of the republic. We offer you to plunge into the atmosphere of the holiday by preparing dishes of Tatar cuisine.
The culinary traditions of the Tatar cuisine have evolved over more than one century. The people carefully keep the secrets of national dishes, passing them from generation to generation. Liquid hot dishes - soups and broths - are of paramount importance in Tatar cuisine. Depending on the broth (shulpa) on which they are cooked, soups can be divided into meat, dairy and lean, vegetarian, and according to the products they are seasoned with, into flour, cereal, flour and vegetable, cereal and vegetable, vegetable. The most common first course is noodle soup (tokmach). For the second, meat or chicken boiled in broth, cut into large pieces and boiled potatoes are served. During dinner parties, especially among the townspeople, pilaf and traditional meat-cereal belish. In Tatar cuisine, all kinds of cereals are often prepared -millet, buckwheat, oatmeal, rice, pea, etc. Highly valuedproducts from sour (yeast) dough. These primarily include bread (ikmek). Not a single dinner (regular or festive) passes without bread, it is considered sacred food. In the past, the Tatars even had the custom of taking an oath with bread ipi-der.
Let's learn how to cook delicious Tatar dishes. Eat and enjoy!
Tutyrma with offal
Offal - 1kg, rice - 100g or buckwheat - 120g, egg - 1 pc., onion - 1.5 pcs., milk or broth - 300-400g, salt, pepper - to taste.
Process offal (liver, heart, lungs), finely chop, add onion and pass through a meat grinder (you can chop). Put pepper, salt, beat the egg and mix everything thoroughly, then dilute with milk or cooled broth, add rice (or buckwheat) and, after mixing, fill the intestine, tie. The filling for tutyrma should be liquid. Cook in the same way as tutyrma with beef. You can cook tutyrma with only one liver and with cereals. Tutyrma from offal is considered a delicacy, it is served as a second course. Usually it is cut into circles and beautifully laid on a plate. Serve hot to the table.
Tatar pilaf
Lamb (low-fat) - 100 g, table margarine and tomato paste - 15 g each, water - 150 g, rice - 70 g, onion - 15 g, bay leaf, pepper, salt - to taste.
Cut the meat into pieces weighing 35 - 40 g, sprinkle with salt and pepper, fry, put in a saucepan and pour over the tomato sauteed in fat, hot water. When the liquid boils, pour in the washed rice. After adding the chopped onion and bay leaf, cook over low heat, stirring gently, until all the liquid is absorbed by the rice. Close the lid and let stand. Traditional Tatar pilaf can be prepared without tomato, then you should add any chopped vegetables or even fruits instead of it (pilaf will turn out sweet).
Peremech
for stuffing:
meat 500 g, bunch of onions 3 pcs., salt, pepper, liquid, fat for frying
Balls weighing 50 g are made from yeast or unleavened dough, rolled in flour and rolled out into cakes. Put minced meat in the middle of the cake and crush it. Then lift the edges of the dough and assemble beautifully into the assembly. There should be a hole in the middle of the cross. Peppers are fried in a semi-deep fryer, first with the hole down, then, when reddened, they are turned over with the hole up. Finished peremies should be light brown in color, round, flattened. Peremechi are served hot. Changes can be made small. In this case, the products should be taken half as much.
Minced meat preparation.
Finely chop the washed meat (beef or lamb) and pass pepper, salt and pepper with onions through a meat grinder and move everything carefully. If the stuffing is thick, pour in cold milk or water and mix again.
Stuffed lamb (tutyrgan teke)
Lamb (pulp), egg - 10 pcs., milk - 150g, onion (fried) - 150g, oil - 100g, salt, pepper - to taste.
To prepare teke, a young lamb brisket or the flesh of the back of a ham is taken. Separate the rib bone from the pulp of the brisket, and cut the flesh from the back so that a bag is formed. Separately, break the eggs into a deep bowl, add salt, pepper, melted and cooled butter and mix everything well. Pour the resulting filling into the lamb brisket or ham prepared in advance, sew up the hole. Put the finished semi-finished product in a shallow bowl, pour in the broth, sprinkle with chopped onions, carrots and cook until tender. When the tutyrgan teke is ready, place it on a greased pan, grease with oil on top and put in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Stuffed lamb is cut into portions and served hot.
Balish with duck
Dough - 1.5 kg, duck - 1 piece, rice - 300-400g, butter - 200g, onion - 3-4 pieces, broth - 1 glass, pepper, salt - to taste.
Rice is usually added to belish with duck. First, cut the duck into pieces, then cut the flesh into small pieces. Sort the rice, rinse in hot water, put in salted water and boil slightly. Put the boiled rice in a sieve and rinse with hot water. Cooled rice should be dry. Add oil, finely chopped onion, the required amount of salt, pepper to the rice, mix all this with pieces of duck and make balish. Knead the dough in the same way as for the previous whites. Duck balish is made thinner than broth balish. Balish is baked for 2-2.5 hours. Half an hour before readiness, broth is poured into it.
On the table belish with duck is served in the same frying pan. The filling is placed on plates with a large spoon, and then the bottom of the belish is cut into portions.
Tunterma (omelet)
5-6 eggs, 200-300 g of milk, 60-80 g of semolina or flour, 100 g of butter, salt to taste.
Release the eggs into a deep bowl, beat thoroughly until smooth, then add milk, melted butter, salt, mix everything well, add semolina or flour and mix again until the consistency of thick sour cream.
Pour the mass into a frying pan, greased, and put on fire. As soon as the mass thickens, put in the oven for 4-5 minutes. Lubricate the finished tunterma with fat on top and serve. Tunterma can be cut into rhombuses into portions.
Hemp seed dumplings
75 g of dough, 100 g of minced meat, 50 g of sour cream or 20 g of melted butter, 1 egg.
I option. Place the cleaned hemp seeds to dry for 1-2 hours in the oven, crush in a mortar, sift through a sieve. Mix hemp flour with mashed potatoes and eggs. If the filling turned out to be cool, dilute it with a little hot milk.
Prepare the dough in the same way as for other dumplings. Boil dumplings in salted water, put on a plate, season with sour cream or ghee and serve hot.
II option. Crush hemp seeds in a wooden mortar, squeeze out excess fat, add sugar, salt, mix everything well to get a thick homogeneous mass. This mass is used as minced meat for dumplings.
Prepare the dough in the same way as in option I.
Gubadia with meat
For one pan of Gubadia: dough - 1000-1200 g, meat - 800-1000 g, ready-made court - 250 g, rice - 300-400 g, raisins - 250 g, eggs - 6-8 pcs., melted butter - 300- 400 g, salt, pepper, onion, onion.
Roll out the dough larger than the pan. Put it in an oiled pan and brush with oil on top. Put the finished court on the dough. Put rice on it in an even layer, then fried meat passed with onions through a meat grinder, a layer of rice again on the meat, hard-boiled, finely chopped eggs on rice and again rice. Put a layer of steamed apricots, raisins or prunes on top. Then pour plenty of melted butter over the entire filling.
Cover the filling with a thin layer of rolled dough, pinch the edges and seal with cloves. Before planting in the oven, gubadia should be oiled on top and sprinkled with crumbs. Gubadiya is baked in the oven at an average temperature for 40-50 minutes. Cut the finished gubadia and serve hot in pieces. Gubadia in the context should represent pronounced layers of various products, harmoniously combined both in taste and in color.
Preparation of a soft court for Gubadia.
Crush the dry court, sift through a sieve. For 500 grams of court add 200 g of granulated sugar, 200 g of milk, mix everything and boil for 10-15 minutes until a homogeneous mass resembling gruel is formed. Cool the mass, then put it in an even layer on the bottom of the Gubadia.
Cooking crumbs for Gubadia.
In 250 g of butter, put 500 g of sifted wheat flour, 20-30 g of granulated sugar and rub it all thoroughly with your hands. As you grind, the butter mixes with the flour and fine crumbs form. Before planting the gubadia in the oven, sprinkle it with crumbs on top. Gubadia is a rich round pie with a multi-layered filling. The filling consists of a court (dried cottage cheese), boiled friable rice, chopped egg, steamed raisins (apricots or prunes), ground beef with browned onions.
Roasted peas in Kazan
Peas, salt, oil, onion
Fried peas are a favorite dish of the Tatars. Before frying, sort the peas, rinse with cold water, then pour warm water and set to swell for 3-4 hours. You need to make sure that it does not swell very much, otherwise the grains may fall apart when frying. Strain the soaked peas through a colander and start frying. There are several ways to roast.
1st method (dry roasting) - put the peas in a dry frying pan and fry, stirring.
2nd method - pour a little vegetable oil into a hot frying pan, as soon as it heats up, put the peas and fry, stirring, salt while frying.
3rd method - put peas to the greaves remaining after melting the internal beef fat, mix together with the greaves. Season with salt and pepper to taste while frying.
Chak-chak (nuts with honey)
For 1 kg of wheat flour: 10 pcs. eggs, 100 g milk, 20-30 g sugar, salt, 500-550 g oil for frying, honey 900-1000 g, 150-200 g sugar for finishing, montpensier 100-150 g.
Prepared from flour of the highest grade. Release raw eggs into the bowl, add milk, salt, sugar, mix everything, add flour and knead soft dough. Divide the dough into pieces weighing 100 g, roll them into 1 cm thick flagella. Cut the flagella into balls the size of a pine nut and fry them, stirring, so that they are evenly fried in deep fat. Ready balls take on a yellowish tint.
Pour granulated sugar into honey and boil in a separate bowl. The readiness of honey can be recognized as follows: take a drop of honey on a match, and if the trickle flowing from the match becomes brittle after cooling, boiling should be stopped. It is impossible to boil honey for too long, as it can burn and spoil the look and taste of the dish.
Put the fried balls in a wide bowl, pour over honey and mix well. After that, put the chak-chak on a tray or plate and with your hands moistened in cold water give it the desired shape (pyramids, cones, stars, etc.). Chak-chak can be decorated with small candies (montpensier).
