المواسم والأعياد في حمص ٥_a .. كتاب حمص

1 - Al-Sheikh Jandal, Al-Rifai’i gentlemen.

2 - Al-Sheikh Suleiman Al-Junaidi: Al-Sayda Al-Junaidi from Talbiseh.

3 - Al-Sheikh Sharif Al-Sada Al-Rifaiya.

4 - The family of Sheikh Khaled Al-Saadi and his cousins, the Al-Damis Al-Saadi family, Al-Saadiyya Al-Jabawiyya.

E - Al-Sheikh Al-Darir, one of the successors of Sayyida Al-Saadia.

6 - The family of Sheikh Yahya Bulbul, one of the successors of Sayyida al-Saadia

The arrangement of the sheikhs in this way is recognized by the head of the supervision committee in Homs, on Thursday and Friday. Then the poet Al-Wafa’i ends the arrangement on Thursday by saying: And so, my boy, their ranks were on Thursday when they visited, ask the necks. As for the arrangement on Friday, some of the sheikhs of the roads were unique to it due to the large number of sheikhs on Thursday. For other reasons we mentioned previously, Sheikh Al-Wafi mentioned their arrangement as follows:

It is enough for you to follow them, leaving the minds of the people of Nowhere lost due to the large number of strangers

1 - The family of Sheikh Bakkar: the Qadiriyah gentlemen.

2 - Al-Sheikh Khamwa: The Qadiriyya Sayyids.

3 - The family of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Shennawi: the Ahmadiyya gentlemen.

4 - Al-Sheikh Ahmed Al-Kayyal: Al-Rifai’i gentlemen.

E - Al-Sheikh Hamam: Al-Rifaiya gentlemen.

6 Al Bahadur: The Desouki gentlemen.

And then he says:

This is the custom of Sadat, who preceded his line as I had seen it for centuries, and then concluded it with a prayer upon the Prophet, his family, his companions, the followers, and the followers of the followers, “masters of literature.” Thus, we see that all the Sufi orders in Homs and some of its villages were participating in celebrating the Thursday of the Sheikhs, except for the Mawlawi order, which abstained from participating because it had its own ways. Celebrations that are not compatible with walking and riding processions.

The celebration of the Thursday of the Sheikhs remained in this manner until the outbreak of World War I - Al-Safar Barlak / 1914 - 1918 / AD, when its celebration stopped due to the circumstances of the war, and the celebration of the Thursday resumed after the war in the year 1338 AH. That is, 1920 AD. Mr. Muhammad Ghazi Hussein mentions that it is a series of road men starting from
The 1920 season is as follows:

A - On Thursday: The procession will advance to the Sanjak of Khalid bin Al-Walid, and the followers of the Rifa’i Order will have brought him on Wednesday evening and placed him in the house of Sheikh Abdullah Jandal, where he will spend the night in his house. On Thursday morning, the teams will meet in the Turkmen section according to the following order:

1 - The Rifaiyya gentlemen, and with them is the Sanjak of Khalid bin Al-Walid / headed by Sheikh Abdullah Jandal Al-Rifai, and with them are some of the people of Bab Al-Duraib, and the Sheikh’s students and lovers behind the chants of the pilgrims chanting the cloak of Imam Al-Busiri: Do you remember the neighbors of Dhul Salam mixed with tears that ran from an eyeball with blood?

2- Sheikh Suleiman Al-Junaidi from / Talbiseh: The dynasty of Sayida Al-Junaidi has only two or three flowers and no bara.

3 - Al-Sheikh Sharif: Al-Sayyidah Al-Rifa’iyya dynasty: two Mazhar shifts with a shift / Shashtri / without / Baraa /.

4 - The family of Sheikh Saad al-Din: the dynasty of the Sayyids al-Saadia al-Jabbawiyya, with whom he goes out between thirteen to twenty-three shifts of mazahir, then the dervishes group, then the shift of / al-Shashtari, then / al-baraa, as we mentioned previously.

E - The family of Sheikh Yunus: The dynasty of the Ahmadiyya Sayyids: three flourishing spells without /bara/.

6 - Al-Sheikh Al-Baghal (1): The dynasty of Al-Sayyidah Al-Desouqiya: three flourishing shifts without /baraa/.

7 - Al-Sheikh Saadu Salama: The successor of Al-Sada Al-Saadia, three prosperous shifts without /baraa/.

8 - The family of Sheikh Dami Al-Saadi: After they recently separated from Sheikh Saad Al-Din for three periods of prosperity and innocence.

9 - Then Sheikh Muhammad Al-Lush follows them: two shifts of mazahir only without /baraa.

B - Friday: The order of the sheikhs was as follows:

1 - The Sheikh Bakkar family: The Qadiriyya dynasty: Sanjak Khalid bin Al-Walid in the Mazahir dynasty, accompanied by three other Mazhar dynasties and the Shashtari dynasty, and it was headed by the artist Sheikh Mustafa Sheikh Othman. He was the first to go out with the Shashtari attack on the Thursday of the Sheikhs in the procession of the Qadiriyya Sayyids, without being acquitted.

2 - The family of Sheikh Khalid Khumu Al-Kilani: The Qadiriyya dynasty: three prosperous shifts, mostly without acquittal.

3 - The family of Sheikh Ahmed Mahrat Al-Husseini: the successor of the Saadiyyas: three shifts of Mazahir, a shift of Shashtri, and Bara’a. Sheikh Ahmed Mahrat used to stop the Persians and work the dosa in the Turkmen Gate.

4 - Al-Sheikh Khalid Al-Aswad: Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Sayyidah, three shifts of Mazahir with one shift of Shashtri, without disavowal.

E - Al-Sheikh Hamam, the Al-Sayyidah Al-Rifa’iyya dynasty: only three victories without a break, and he would stop the horse on the road without anyone being able to get her to walk by any means, even with the sheikh whispering in her ear, so she would continue walking normally, and this is well-known.

How did Hama celebrate Thursday:

A few days before Thursday, visitors begin arriving from all Syrian cities to Homs to attend the celebration. They come from Damascus, Tripoli, Aleppo, Hama, Beirut, and from villages near Homs until the city is crowded with visitors and its hotels are filled with them. Since Wednesday afternoon, village sheikhs have begun arriving in Homs and going to the corners to which they belong.

Since Thursday morning, the processions of the sheikhs participating on this day begin to arrive at Bab al-Turkman Square, north of the citadel, and after they are arranged in the manner mentioned previously, the procession sets off towards Bab al-Turkman to the west, to the beat of drums and the singing of religious songs, as we passed, and each advances forward. Sheikh of Sanjaqa until they reach the village of Baba Amr, and people are crowding on both sides