The Prophet peace be upon him has considered the purity half the faith and we have to follow this virtuous prophetic manner, but what are the benefits of purity? Let us read……
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said: (The purity is half the faith) [Narrated by Muslim]. This holy Hadith lays stress upon the importance of the body cleanliness and now we all know the importance of this for protecting us from almost all the diseases. The purity of the body means getting rid of most germs and dust that suspend on to it and this means the protection from many diseases such as skin and mouth diseases. The continual purity of the face and hands means reducing the number of germs that enter through the mouth and nose and that means the prevention of the respiratory and digestive diseases. Therefore the Prophet peace be upon him considered the purity half the faith!
And from the methods of the prophetic purity is that the Prophet peace be upon him forbade urinating in water and it was discovered that humans urine contains many germs that can be transmitted to another human being through water and that the urine especially in stagnant water causes the spread of many epidemics such as cholera, typhoid and polio.
Among the methods of purification is cleaning up well after urinating and a great medical impact was proved to whom follow this good habit. The fully removal of impurity protects the human from many reproductive system diseases and many infections and suppuration.
The faithful must have a bath at least once a week in order to clean the surface of the skin from dirt, bacteria, germs, fungi and the remnants of sweating and so on. And this helps in the protection from skin diseases and improving the skin breath and maintenance of its pores.
And also among the methods of prophetic purification is washing hands when waking up to remove what is suspended on them during sleeping from germs, fats and remnants of sweating. Hence, we can deduce the importance of this Hadith as the Prophet peace be upon him says: (If one of you wakes up from his sleep, he shouldn't put his hand into a vessel until he washes it three times) [Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel
