MUZAFFARGARH, District Head of a Social Organisation " Hands" Ms.Saadia Nawaz has said that Islamic traditions, Islamic civilisation and Islamic Culture give a lesson of cleanliness, fragrance and purity. Delivering her speech at a distribution ceremony of modern hygienic took-kits among 200 women in rural areas of Muzaffargarh district. She said that Cleanliness and purification is one of the great privileges of Islam. It has evolved a wonderful system that encompasses Muslim life on individual and social levels. Islam places great emphasis on cleanliness, in both physical and spiritual terms. The attention to hygiene is the aspect which is an unknown concern in any other religion or philosophy before Islam. While people generally consider cleanliness a desirable attribute, Islam insists on it, making it an indispensable fundamental of faith.
Cleanliness is an essential part of Islamic life and in fact the meaning and spirit behind the concept of cleanliness is much beyond the superficial concept of the conventional cleanliness. Saadia Nawaz said that Islam is a religion which orders its followers for both physical and spiritual cleanliness. The cleanliness of the heart and the cleanliness of the body should come together in a Muslim. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) instructed Muslims to remain clean in all sorts of ways. He mentioned cleanliness and purity as the half of belief (Iman). Abu Malik (Ra) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “Purity or cleanness is the half of belief.” (Sahih Muslim). We get in Hadith that one who keeps himself clean from impurity, he will enter paradise. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “Islam is clean. Therefore, you should keep yourselves clean, too. Only the clean people can enter Paradise.” Truly, Allah (SWT) loves those who themselves clean. Allah says, “For Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.”.Later Hygienic kits were distributed among the women of rural areas to keep clean their environment.
