ভূমিকা
Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Philosophy Of Islam Self Making ** ** The Man of Islam is constructive. He builds himself and his environment. His success in building his environment depends on his success in self‑making and vice versa. In other words his success in improving the environment of his life paves the way for his self‑improvement.
In view of this strong reciprocal relationship between man and the environment of his life he must pay his utmost attention to an all‑round improvement of himself on a wide scale commensurate to a Muslim's broad outlook on the world and man. In this respect Islam has extensive teachings which are related to all the aspects of human life and cover all human needs, whether material or spiritual, individual or social, cultural or economic and so on.
The sum total of these teachings constitutes the program of Islamic training. It includes important provisions regarding cleanliness, sound nutrition, hygiene, physical and mental health, etc. Cleanliness Islam has given so much importance to cleanliness that it has been considered to be an objective of the faith.
The Qur'an recommending purity and cleanliness says: * * “Allah does not intend to inconvenience you, but He intends to purify you and perfect His favor to you, so that you may give thanks". (Surah al‑Maidah, S: 6). ** ** "Truly Allah loves those who ask for forgiveness and strive to keep themselves clean". (Surahal‑Baqarah, 2:222 **)** . The holy Prophet of Islam is reported to have said that cleanliness is a part of faith.
Islam has in more than one ways exhorted the people to the cleanliness of utensils, clothing, body, hair, teeth, drinking water, water used for ablution and bathing, dwelling places, streets, public places, food and every other thing in human use. A number of the sayings of the Prophet and the imams ascribe to the devil everything which is loathsome or causes a disease (e.g. microbes), and describe all such things as a cause of poverty and misery.
We reproduce below some such sayings from the book entitled Wasail al‑Shiah: The holy Prophet has said: • "Everybody who chooses a dress, must keep it clean". • "Had it not been inconvenient I would have enjoined upon the Muslims to brush their teeth before every prayer". • "Keep the compound and the front part of your house well‑swept and clean". • "He who sweeps a masjid is rewarded by Allah as if he manumitted a slave".