Iftar Cannon

Iftar Cannon (Madfa al-ifṭār, Larabci: مدفع الافطار, a zahiri "cannon for break the fast") wata al'ada ce da aka dade ana gudanar da ita wacce ta fara a Misira kuma ta bazu zuwa duk Daular Ottoman. Kowace maraice a kan Maghrib adhan (kira da rana zuwa addu'a), wani canon zai harba harbi daya don sanar da mutane game da farkon Iftar a cikin Ramadan, lokacin da Musulmai suka karya azumi na rana yayin da rana ta fadi.

 Asalin 
Duk da cewa ana yin wannan al'ada a yau a mafi yawan sassan duniyar Musulmi, an fara amfani da fashewar bindigar ne don sanar da birnin gaba ɗaya lokacin buda baki, kafin ƙirƙirar agogon ƙarfe da kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullun. Ana fara harba bindigar ne don nuna farkon watan Ramadan mai tsarki, sannan kowace rana don sanar da buda baki a lokacin sallar Magrib ta faɗuwar rana. Yawancin masana tarihi sun yarda cewa wannan al'ada ta samo asali ne daga Masar, inda wasu ke da'awar cewa ta samo asali ne tun ƙarni na 10, lokacin da ɗaya daga cikin khalifofin Fatimiyya ya ba da umarnin a sanya bindiga a kan Tudun Muqatam na Alkahira don duk Musulmi su ji alamar buda baki, kodayake wannan ba abu ne mai yiwuwa ba domin ba a ƙirƙira bindigogi ba tukuna. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ] Wasu masana tarihi sun gano al'adar ta samo asali ne daga sarkin Mamluk Sayf ad-Din Khushqadam a ƙarni na 15, amma labarin da aka fi sani ya nuna asalin al'adar a ƙarni na 19, a zamanin gwamnan Ottoman na Masar Muhammad Ali . 

 Sauran ƙasashe 

 - 3 cannons suna cikin Bahrain, waɗanda yawanci ana harba su kowace rana a Riffa Fort (Video),  Arad Fort da The Avenues, Bahrain.
 - An sanya bindigogi a Souq Waqif, Katara, Muhammad Ibn Abdulwahhab Grand Mosque, da Souq Al Wakrah, a karkashin kulawar Sojojin Qatari.
 - Akwai bindigogi da yawa a Saudi Arabia, musamman a biranen yankin Hejaz kamar Makka, Jedda da Madina.
 - An harbe bindigar farko a Sharjah a karni na 19 a karkashin mulkin Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi .  Kowace masarautar yanzu tana harba akalla bindiga ɗaya, tare da uku mafi yawan jama'a (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, da Sharjah) suna karbar bakuncin shafuka da yawa a cikin biranen su.
 - An taɓa jin sautin Iftar Cannon a babban birnin Sana'a, kodayake tare da Yakin basasa da ke gudana ba a tabbatar da ko wannan aikin yana ci gaba ba.
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