Decoding Islam by Vashi Sharma

Author:Vashi Sharma [Sharma, Vashi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Agniveer
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Islam is Most Hygienic Religion

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o explore the practical aspects of Islam further, we shall now review what Islam – through Hadiths (practical handbooks of Islam, belief in which is necessary to secure Heaven) instruct on hygienic practices. The choice is readers’ whether they want to embrace this practicality or pray to remain impractical forever! I believe Islamic Research Foundation can shed some light on these areas of research which baffle the sensibility of any civilized human being.

(Most of these Hadiths explain everything themselves, we shall only comment in very few places, wherever necessary. As usual, they are lifted straight from Islamic sources with no modifications)

Muhammad ordered his followers to drink water which he rinsed his mouth with!

Narrated Abu Juhaifa: Allah’s Apostle came to us at noon and water for ablution (cleaning body) was brought to him. After he had performed ablution, the remaining water was taken by the people and they started smearing their bodies with it (as a blessed thing). The Prophet offered two rak`at of the Zuhr prayer and then two rak`at of the `Asr prayer while a short spear (or stick) was there (as a Sutra) in front of him. Abu Musa said: The Prophet asked for a tumbler containing water and washed both his hands and face in it and then threw a mouthful of water in the tumbler and said to both of us (Abu Musa and Bilal), “Drink from the tumbler and pour some of its water on your faces and chests.”

[Sahih Bukhari Volume 001, Book 004, Hadith Number 187]

To prove his divine authority, Muhammad even let a sick boy drink the leftover water after he had performed ablution. Another boy drank the leftover water/milk that Muhammad had drunk.

As per Sahih Bukhari, Prophet’s spit after mouthwash, and water that remained after his cleaning of all body parts had miraculous properties.

Let us explore this Science of Islam and Hygiene from the original texts:

Narrated Ibn Shihab: Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi’ who was the person on whose face the Prophet had ejected a mouthful of water from his family’s well while he was a boy, and ‘Urwa (on the authority of Al-Miswar and others) who testified each other, said, “Whenever the Prophet, performed ablution, his companions were nearly fighting for the remains of the water.”

[Sahih Bukhari Volume 001, Book 004, Hadith Number 188]

Narrated As-Sa’ib bin Yazid: My aunt took me to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! This son of my sister has got a disease in his legs.” He passed his hands on my head and prayed for Allah’s blessings for me; then he performed ablution and I drank from the remaining water. I stood behind him and saw the seal of Prophethood between his shoulders, and it was like the “Zir-al-Hijla” (means the button of a small tent, but some said ‘egg of a partridge.’ etc.)

[Sahih Bukhari Volume 001, Book 004, Hadith Number 189]

Agniveer:

Could not Prophet find a more civilized way of blessing and treating people than providing them with his excreta?

Readers can decide

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