One waking up, clean your hand
before putting it in a pot of water. You never can tell where your hands
lay during sleep.
Do not discharge urine on the
floor of the toilet, especially when it is made of soil.
When passing stools or urine,
do not sit facing the direction of Qiblah, nor with your back to Qiblah.
Having relieved yourself, use a clod or water to clean the private parts
or purify yourself with water only. Do not use the dung, bone or
charcoal for cleaning purposes. When the private parts have been cleaned,
scrub your hands with soap or earth and wash them.
Do not sit down to eat when
your bowels are under pressure. Relieve yourself of urine or stool, before
eating.
Use your right hand in eating
as well as in performing ablution. For cleaning the private parts of the
body or for cleaning the nose, use your left hand only.
Discharge urine on soft
ground, so that its drops do not splash around. Always pass the urine in a
sitting posture. However, if the ground or some real hardship prevents
from sitting down, you may urinate in a standing posture. Otherwise, in
normal circumstances, it is a very dirty habit and should be strictly
avoided.
Do not sit down to answer the
call of nature on the riverside, the quay, no the thoroughfares or in
shaded places. Such a practice causes inconvenience to others and is
derogatory to rules of propriety and good manners.
Put on shoes and cover your
head with a cap etc. before going the lavatory and read the following
prayer on your way:
Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal khubthi wal
khaba'ith.
"God ! I seek thy Protection against the devils of the masculine as well
as the feminine species."(Bukhari-Muslim)
On emerging from the lavatory,
read this prayer :
Alhamdu lillahi-l-ladhi adhaba 'annil adha wa'afani.
" I thank the lord who relieved me of the burden and granted me
ease. " (Nisai. ibn-e-Majah)
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Discharge your nose or phlegm
with care in a spitoon, or do so in a
place out of the sight of people.
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Avoid putting your finger in
the nostrils and clearing the wax of your nose too often. Clear the nose
and clean it well out of the sight of people, whenever the need arises.
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Strictly avoid the practice of
spitting phlegm into the folds of a handkerchief and rubbing them
together. This is a despicable habit and must be avoided except when it
cannot be helped.
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While chewing betel leaf. do
not talk in such a manner as to splash saliva on the person you are
talking to, thus causing discomfort to him. if you chew tobacco or betel
leaf frequently, you should take great care in observing the rules of oral
hygiene. Beware also, lest you should talk with your mouth too close to
the person addressed.
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Perform ablution with
great care and try to keep in a state of ablution most of the time, if not
at all hours. Where water is not available, you may perform Tayammum. Recite :
Bismillah hirrahma nirrahim.
In the Name of Allah, the Most beneficent, the Most Merciful.
at the beginning of ablution and say the following prayer in the course
of its performance
Ashhadu an la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la
sharika lahu wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluhu. Allahumm
aj'alni minat-tawuabina awj'alni min-al-mutathhirin.
" I bear witness that there is no god save Allah and He has no
partner. And I testify that Muhammad is the servant of God and His
Messenger. God ! join me with those people who repent most and take great
care in keeping themselves pure and clean ".
When the ablution is over, say the following prayer :
Subhanak-allahumma wa bihamdika ashadi an la ilaha illa anta astaghfiruka
wa atibo ilaika.
"God
! Thou art Pure and Supreme in Thy Praiseworthiness. I Testify that there
is no deity beside Thee. I seek Thy forgiveness and I appeal to Thee.
(Nasai)
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You must bathe
at least once a week. Make it a point to bathe on Friday and join the
congregation in clean and neat dress.
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Do not go into
or pass through the mosque in a state of impurity If no alternative the
mosque or passing through it.
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Dress your
hair with oil and comb. Trim the overgrown hair of your beard with
scissors ; apply collyrium to your eye ;
and clip your nails and finger-nails clean. Adorn yourself with
propriety, simplicity and moderation.
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Cover your
face with a handkerchief on sneezing, so that the excretion is not
splashed on to anyone else. After sneezing say :
Alhamdu lilah " Praise be to Allah" !
the listener should say:
Yarhamukallah " May Allah show you Mercy " !
In response to this, you should recite:
yahdikallah
" May Allah
guide you " !
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The
Holy Prophet ( Peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) was very fond of
perfume. After performing the toilet on arising from sleep. the Holy
prophet ( Peace and blessing of Allah be upon him)
invariably used perfume.
