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Taharah, Istinja’
and
Wudu
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A believer is a clean person. First of all faith cleanses
his soul. Consequently his appearance becomes pure
as well. His religious thinking makes him a person who
loves cleanliness.
A believer performs his ablutions before praying five
times a day by washing his face, hands and feet. He
takes a bath daily to purify his body. His clothes may be
simple, but he always likes to wear well laundered
clothes.Along with this he likes to keep his home clean.
Therefore, he cleans his home daily and keeps all his
things in their proper places. All these duties become
part of his daily life.
A believer does not rest content until he has set all
things right, from his body to his home. This taste for
cleanliness is not limited only to his home and body. It
also extends outside his home to his neighbours. He
begins to want his whole environment to be clean,
wherever he stays. So he takes special care to see that
he and his family members do not defile their sur-
roundings.
This training he gives to others as well. Thus he is not
satisfied until and unless he has succeeded in bringing
into existence a clean atmosphere all around. For a
common person cleanliness is only cleanliness. But for
a believer, cleanliness, besides being simply cleanli-
ness is also an act of worship, for he knows that Allah
loves clean and pure persons. Furthermore, the faith of
the believer is a guarantee that when he has cleaned
his body, his soul is likewise cleaned. That is why at the
moment of washing himself clean, he utters these
words in prayer, “
Oh Allah, purify my inner self along
with my outer body
.”
