Self-Hygiene
In the name of
Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : الطهور شطر الإيمان
“Cleanliness is half of faith.”
[Narrated by
Imam Muslim (223) and Imam al-Tirmizi (3517)]
A good quality
of self-hygiene reflects a genuine understanding of Muslims towards the core of
Islamic fundamentals. And of
course it can only be accomplished with the blend of self-concern, one’s
discipline and behavior (akhlak). We were being told and taught that Islam
ranks cleanliness on its utmost priority.
A very simple example we can come up with, we take ablution (wudhu’) everyday usually 5 times
per day before performing our solat fardhu and even our solat will be
considered unacceptable if we’re not in the state of wudhu’. That is how
important the hygiene in our
religion. Nowadays, many sorts of pandemics
which may cause fatality are spreading easily. One of its main factor is when
people are neglecting their hygiene, not to mention about the
surrounding.Commonly, we can see that the disease is being carried by certain
insects, living in dirty and filthy condition such as cockroaches, flies,
mosquitoes and etc. How they live, what they eat and what is their favourable
condition to breed? Is it due to lack of concern on hygiene which people
usually not adhere with? When
someone take an extra good care of their life and religion, they will concern
about their hygiene which also become the basic part in “fardhu ‘ain”. In Surah
Al-Baqarah verse 222 :
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوّٰبينَ وَيُحِبُّ المُتَطَهِّرينَ﴿٢٢٢﴾
“Truly, God
loves those who repent, and He loves those who cleanse themselves.”
Sources : 1) The Book of An-Nawawi’s Forty
Hadiths
2) www.cartoonstock.com
VOCABULARY
QUEST
1)
Genuine
(adj) synonym : real, true
meaning : truly what
something is said to be
2)
Fundamentals
(n) synonym : outlines
meaning : basic facts or
principles
3)
Utmost
(adj) synonym : ultimate, supreme, maximum
Meaning : the greatest
extent or amount
4)
Ablution
(n) synonym : washing
Meaning : the act of washing
oneself
5)
Hygiene
(n) synonym : sanitation, cleanliness
Meaning : (the rules of)
keeping yourself and things around you
clean in
order to prevent disease
6)
Pandemic
(n) synonym : widespread
Meaning : An outbreak of
such disease
7)
Adhere
(v) synonym : cling, cleave
Meaning : to stick firmly to
something
Written by:
An Nuhaah
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