Masallacin Cheraman Juma

Masallacin Cheraman Juma masallaci ne da ke Kodungallur, gundumar Thrissur, a jihar Kerala, Indiya. Malik Bin Dinar ne ya gina masallacin a shekara ta 629 CE  kodayake wasu malamai sun ba da shawarar cewa an gina shi daga baya a ƙarni na 14-15.  Saboda waɗannan iƙirarin, sau da yawa ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin masallaci na farko da aka gina a Indiya   kuma masallaci mafi tsufa a yankin Indiya da har yanzu ake amfani da shi.    Duk da haka, binciken tarihi ya haifar da shakku kan waɗannan iƙirarin, yana nuna cewa labarin asalin na iya zama na almara ko na tatsuniya maimakon na gaskiya. 

An gina masallacin a tsarin gine-ginen gargajiya na Kerala da Musulunci na Vastu shastra, tare da fitilun rataye, wanda hakan ya sa tarihin zamaninsa ya zama abin dogaro.

An ƙara hanyoyin zamani da dakunan kwana a shekarar 1984, waɗanda suka kewaye ginin asali, kuma suka ɓoye kusan dukkan fasalulluka na waje na ginin asali.  An ƙara kumfa da minarets a shekarar 1994 kuma an cire su bayan an gyara ginin a shekarar 2022. 

Masallacin yana kan titin Paravur – Kodungalloor .

 Tarihi 
Wani tatsuniya ya bayyana cewa an gina masallacin a shekara ta 629 CE.   Wasu malamai sun fi shakku kuma, bisa ga salon gine-gine, sun rubuta tsarin tun daga ƙarni na 14-15. 

 Tatsuniya game da sarkin Chera 
A cewar wasu tatsuniyoyi, sarkin Chera ya shaida wani abu mai ban mamaki da aka ambata a cikin Alqur'ani  Labarin ya ce sarkin Chera ya isa Arabiya da kyautar citta ga Muhammadu da sahabbansa  kuma ya musulunta "a ƙafafun Annabi Muhammadu". 

A cewar masanin tarihi MGS Narayanan, "babu wani dalili da zai sa a yi watsi da al'adar cewa sarkin Chera na ƙarshe ya rungumi Musulunci ya tafi Makka, tunda ba wai kawai ya sami matsayinsa a cikin tarihin Musulmai ba, har ma a cikin tarihin Hindu na Brahman kamar Keralopati, wanda ba a tsammanin zai ƙirƙira irin wannan labari wanda ba zai ƙara darajar Brahmins ko al'ummar Hindu ba."  

Duk da haka, masanin kimiyya Mehrdad Shokoohy ya gano irin waɗannan tatsuniyoyi zuwa wani labari na baya-bayan nan wanda ke da alaƙa daban da wanda ake tsammani a baya.  Binciken tarihi ya gano cewa wannan labarin ƙagagge ne. 

Cheraman (ma'ana Chera mai girmamawa) siffa ce ta shela da aka bai wa manyan sarakunan Chera. Ba za a iya danganta wannan masallaci da Cheraman Perumal Nayanmar ba domin rayuwarsa tana cikin ƙarni na 8 kuma rayuwar annabi Muhammadu tana cikin ƙarni na 6 da 7.

 Masu ziyara zuwa yankin 
Matafiya Musulmi ko Larabawa da dama sun ziyarci Kerala a zamanin da. Daga cikinsu akwai Sulaiman, a shekara ta 851 CE;   Matafiyi ɗan ƙasar Farisa Nakhuda Buzurg, a shekara ta 951 CE;   Ibn E Batuta, a shekara ta 1342 CE;  da Abd-Al-Razzaq, a shekara ta 1442;   da kuma wasu da yawa. Ba a ambaci Masallacin Juma'a na Cheraman a cikin rubuce-rubucensu ba.  [ <span title="A complete citation is needed. (June 2025)">ana buƙatar cikakken ambato</span> ]    

Tun daga shekarar 2005, APJ Abdul Kalam, shugaban ƙasar Indiya na 11 ya hau karagar mulki. da kuma Dr. Shashi Tharoor, ɗan majalisar dokoki mai wakiltar Thiruvananthapuram,  sun ziyarci masallacin.

 Naɗin Aven (Firist) 
A cewar Chellikkattil Sundaran, shugaban amintaccen haikalin Hindu, firist na gidan ibada na Shobhaparamba Sreekurumba Bhagavati da ke Tanur, Malappuram, bisa al'ada, wani memba na iyalin Brahmin na Pazhayakhath Ilom ne ke naɗa shi daga dangin Thiyya na gida. Iyalin ya wargaje tsawon shekaru kuma sauran membobinsa sun musulunta, amma hukumomin haikalin da iyalin sun goyi bayan al'adar. Ana naɗa firist na Hindu na haikalin a wani al'ada ta musamman sau ɗaya a kowace shekara 12, wanda wani Musulmi ɗan iyalin Pazhayakath ke jagoranta, wanda ke yin sanarwar a hukumance. Mutanen yankin sun danganta wannan zumunci ga sarkin Chera.  

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