Wake-up drummers
A Wecktrommler even Ramadan drummers , ( in Arabic مسحراتي, DMG misaḥḥarātī or Arabic مسحر, DMG musaḥḥir ) is supposed to wake up the Muslims during Ramadan with drums and chants before sunrise so that they can have their suuh meal before morning prayer . It is an activity with a centuries-old tradition that is dying out. The wake-up drums are widespread. a. in Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, the Gulf States and Syria. Wake-up drummers begin their tour of residential areas about two hours before sunrise. The exclamations vary from region to region. Often the chants rhyme. In terms of content, they refer to God, the fasting month of Ramadan and the imminent Suhur meal, which , according to a hadith , is blessed.
Chants
Popular among the chants يا نايم وحّد الدّايم يا غافي وحّد الله / yā nāyim waḥḥid ad-dāyim, yā ġāfī waḥḥid allah / 'Oh sleeper, pronounce the creed of unity over the constant, O you slumbering, say the creed of unity over God'.
Word origin
Musaḥḥir is an active participle of the verb saḥḥara , 'to wake someone up for suhur' or 'to give someone the morning meal'. The verb is derived from the Arabic saḥr (Pl. Asḥār ), it means '(morning) early, (morning) twilight'.
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- ↑ "تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً" translated: Eat the supper, because in the supper there is a blessing. Saheeh Muslim No. 1059