INTERNAL CLEANLINESS
Maintaining cleanliness is a duty as stated in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet.
Allah Ta’ala said: «O you who believe! When starting the prayer, wash your face, hands up to the elbows, rub your head, wash your feet up to the ankles, if you become impure, be clean…» (Surah 5, verse 6);
«…and clean your clothes…» (Sura 74, verse 4);
«…indeed, Allah loves those who repent and purify themselves» (Sura «Cow», verse 222).
Our Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him): «Cleanliness is half of faith» (Muslim). In this case, «faith» means prayer, and the reward for purification is half its reward, because a prayer that is not properly purified is invalid. Concern for human health and hygiene requires complete ablution after approaching Islam, pollution, menstruation, and postpartum bleeding. There are also types of desired complete ablution: on holidays, for ihram, on Friday. Islam has made it obligatory to perform ablution, without which the prayer will not be correct. A person performs this ablution five or more times a day. It is the care of cleanliness and appearance that a person receives from his Lord. Inner purity, by sincerely repenting of every sin – including shirk, doubt, short-sightedness, hatred, deceit, arrogance, lust, doing good to show off to others, seeking fame, etc. In order to be cleansed from these sins, one must have intention, love for goodness, honesty, modesty, and a willingness to do any deed only for the sake of God, and as for external cleanliness, it is carried out by cleaning the body, clothes and the place where a person is from all dirty and impure things with the help of water, if there is no water or if it cannot be used for some reason, then it should be cleaned with clean sand (tayammmum). It is good for a Muslim to keep his body, clothes, house and places where he meets other people clean at all times, as well as try to eat clean food and drink, burn incense and take care of his hair. formula for keeping dishes clean: water + salt + soda + citric acid. It is very important to pay attention to cleanliness on Fridays, before the general prayer and on holidays, because the Prophet (pbuh): Verily, Allah is beautiful, and He loves (everything) beautiful. A Muslim should always behave with dignity. For example, he should keep the streets clean, not throw garbage anywhere, and not only cause inconvenience to people, but also remove everything that hinders them, because our Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) said: «…and if he removes an obstacle on the way, it is equal to charity will be…» (Al-Bukhari). This is one of the branches of faith, may God’s blessings and peace be upon him, as the truthful and trustworthy Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) said: «Iman includes more than seventy (or: sixty) branches, the best of them. Among them is to say the words «There is no god but Allah», and the smallest thing is to avoid things that harm (people), and shame is one of the branches of faith» (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).
Any child knows the basic rules of hygiene from childhood: he washes his face, takes a shower, washes his hands and brushes his teeth before eating. But every adult can’t react appropriately to the reality around us and protect himself from mental trauma and pain, if he doesn’t understand how to maintain his mental health and what Soul Hygiene is, most people were usually able to cope with this only on an external level, and what is happening on the inner plane? I am talking mainly about the emotional and physical levels. Because problems at the physical level (illness, poor sleep, lack of appetite, etc.) arise as a result of imbalances at the emotional level. in modern times, a person has to face a large amount of information, emotional load, stress, nervous tension, anxiety, fear and other stimuli every day. Emotions affect a person’s body and mind, thus affecting almost every aspect of their existence. This, in turn, affects our relationship with other people, our attitude to events, life tasks, and evaluation of our actions, every day these garbage emotions settle inside us, what to do with it? it is important not to abandon the inner world, to ignore its needs, to devote time to mental hygiene every day. Simple steps will help you do the following:
1) Timely removal of garbage
*On the body level (physical level): morning contrast shower; bath or sauna; different types of massage; moderate physical activity (sports, fitness, yoga); Diet (or fasting)
*At the emotional level: release of penalty anger and rage («environmentally friendly» ways); learn to forgive others; we share the «bag» of inner suffering; Experiencing all the blocked feelings
2) Try not to collect garbage as much as possible
* At the level of the body (physical level): drink as clean water as possible; moderate and healthy diet; to remove alcohol and nicotine; Routine and sleep etc. we try to guide.
*On an emotional level: learn to recognize and manage our feelings, not to talk harshly or mean things and communicate safely with others, learn to distinguish between our own needs; we stop accepting (digital hygiene) and waiting for any information (as it is) and act; we learn to cry (my family movies or cartoons, theater); we try to solve problems as they arise, we don’t run away from them or act like someone who ignores them; we establish our own psychological boundaries, we do not allow cruel people to violate them, we do not allow ourselves to be used, deceived, seduced, tempted; we have good thoughts about other people, if in doubt, we keep distance.
The rules may seem simple, but they require some effort, in any case, you will have to change your daily habits, reset your thinking and attitude to life. It is important to start these changes with the understanding that you need to practice personal hygiene regularly and make time for it every day. Try to spend at least 30—40 minutes every day on internal cleaning, engage in self-analysis (reflect), often ask yourself questions: what worries me, what I feel, what I really want. Be true to yourself, don’t lie. True answers are steps to another life. Put a STRICT SORT (FILTRATION) on your brain, and tomorrow you will drink water from the Kausar spring in Paradise.