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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islam & Physical Care Secondly: Preserving and Protecting the Human Body As Islam takes care of building the body, providing the necessities for its survival, and by means of its laws and legislations organizes social life and moral values, it also takes care of preserving the body and protecting it against whatever that may lead to its weakness, decay and loss of energy.

It protects the body against diseases, filth and dirt, and calls for immunity and medical treatment, and tries to . keep it away from fatigue, tiredness and lavish use of the allowables, or indulge in desires which sap its energies and expose it to diseases and failure.

Islam prohibits man from committing whatever brings harm to him and his abilities, such as alcoholic drinks, adultery, consuming harmful food, so that man may preserve his powers and energies by organizing his material life -food, drinks, satisfying desires, etc. Through this legislative programme Islam saves the human body from the dangers of tearing and sanitary collapse. To attain this objective, Islam ordains certain regulations, such as: 1.

Call for moderation: Islam advocates moderation, and prevents man from excess and gluttony in food, drink, sex, desires, and in makin2 excessive use of the allowables, for when Islam allows food, drink and the other amenities and pleasures, it only aims at keeping the body healthy, preserving it, and affording it pieasure and happIness. Islam's call for moderation is based on essential principles of life. These principles say that man needs only what stays him and keeps his body healthy.

Naturally, the body needs limited quantities of food, drink, sex, desire etc. Islam offers a practical explanation of its ethics evaluating sensual pleasure, and stressing that it is not a goal in life, as it is a prompter driving man to exert his lawful efforts to satisfy these needs. This explanation prevents man from becoming a brute, thinking of othing but food, drink, sex, and indulgence in gratifying his whims and desires.

In order to be certain that its conductive principles will be followed, Islam finds the system of life, man's connection to his requirements, and his share of them, on strict calculations and equations void of any disorder and excess.