teachings of cleanliness. Anyhow whether it is purity of body or cleanliness of clothes, improvement of homes and furniture and fittings, in short, Islam has taught and persuaded us to keep everything neat and clean.

In part 2 of Surah Baqarah, verse 22, Allah Almighty has stated:

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِیْنَ وَ یُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّرِیْنَ(۲۲۲)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Indeed Allah  loves those who repent abundantly, and loves those who purify themselves.

Similarly, the importance of cleanliness has been explained in blessed Ahadees. Let’s listen to two blessed sayings of Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم about it.

Blessed Ahadees on the importance of cleanliness

1. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: اَلطُّھُوْرُ نِصْفُ الْاِیْمَانِ i.e. Cleanliness is half faith. (Tirmizi, vol. 5, pp. 308, Hadees 3530)

2. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: Undoubtedly, Islam is neat and clean [religion], so you also attain purity because the one who is neat and clean will enter Paradise. (Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, vol. 5, pp. 123, Hadees 25996)

So we should try our best to keep ourselves neat and clean from every type of uncleanliness and filth and should do such things by which we can achieve this purpose. Undoubtedly, it is an excellent deed to stay in the state of Wudu in order to keep ourselves neat and clean and to maintain our health. Every wise person can judge it very well how sensitive and important body parts back bone and spinal cord are. According to the research of physiology, as long as the spinal cord is safe, the nervous system of the body will function correctly. If it develops any kind of malfunction, a person becomes disabled for the rest of her life. Similarly, depression and psychological diseases are also spreading very rapidly in our society.

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه, Wudu is such an excellent deed that saves a person from many diseases like the disease of back bone, problem in the spinal cord, depression, psychological diseases and paralysis. Modern scientific research