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WATER FROM ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

(Water in culture, traditions and religious practices)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation
RECSAM, Penang, Malaysia

HVWSHE Training of Trainers Manual

SEAMEO RECSAM 2007

By:

Ramli b. Hj. Abu Itam

Malaysia

 

 

Sacred Gift

It was stated in the Quran:

21:30 = “…The heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation)…”

41:11 = “…In His design of the sky, and it had been (as) smoke : He said to it and to the earth, “come ye together, willingly or unwillingly” They said: “We do come (together) in willing obedience.”

21:30 = “We (Allah) made from water all living thing”

24:45 = “Allah has created every animal from water”

Modern research – by George

  “the world, in its early creation was made of thick layers of gas well arranged with the heat temperatures unable to be imagined.”

 

Life

21:30 = (2nd part) “…from water We (Allah) created every living thing”

15:22 = “…We send the rich winds, then cause the rain to decend from the sky-provide you with water.”

30:48 = “… it is Allah who sends the winds-raise the clouds – He spread them in the sky … and break them into fragments to raindrops…”

30:24 = “… we send down water from the sky … we cause it to soak in the soil … we certainly are able to drain it off.”


Water Cycle

 

Cleansing

Definition

To cleanse oneself of any dirt or waste so as to perform the solah and other rituals or ibadah.

Agents of cleansing

Water, soil, coarse objects and samak.

Why the need for cleansing?

1)To get blessings from Allah for He likes those who cleanse.
2)Able to perform the solah and other ibadah.
3)So that our body is always clean.
4)To avoid being infected by germs.
5)A clean and health body leads to a clean and healthy soul.
6)To avoid being like animals.
7)To increase the degree or level of iman and become a better believer.

The prophet Mohammad (s.a.w) told his companions “cleanliness is half of faith”

 

Medicinal & Healing

Hydrotherapy

•A kind of medical treatment using water.
• Water heals all kinds of diseases

Doas

•Medical treatments are always accompanied

   with doas (recitations from the quran).

Types of water

a)All clean water.
b)Zam-zam water.

Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said:

- “Zam zam is the solution to all purposes, once consumed.”

-The prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) drank the water and said a prayer, “Oh Allah, bestow upon me useful knowledge, plentiful bounty and heal me of any sickness.”

 

Parts of Water In Islam

pure/ mutlak

- clean water that is able to cleanse others.

   eg: rivers, wells, springs, rains, dew.

mutannajis

- water that has been tainted with waste

-less than 174 liters

- unable to cleanse other.

mustakmal

-  water which has been used for hadas

-  therefore unable to cleanse others.

mutaghayyir

- clean water which has changed in characteristics due to things which are not considered wastes.

makruh

- clean water but it has been exposed to sunlight in canisters which can rust.

- can be used when cold to cleanse others.

 

Mystical Powers of Zam Zam Water

History

Water gushed out of the dry and barren desserts at the point

where Prophet Ismail’s tiny heels were hitting it.

Use

Regarded as the best water for everything.

Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said, “the best water on the surface

of the earth – it is a kind of food and a healing from sickness”.

Proven by science

27 September 2006

Seminar on water held at Istana hotel, Kuala Lumpur

28 February 2004

Bacteria test conducted by Sami Unquwy (England)

31 October 2002

Test the degree of filth in water (How dirty is the water)

Hj. Kamalubahrin & Associates.

 

Miraculous Message from Water

 

 

WATER : LIFE ITSELF

We cook our food with it,

Clean our bodies with it,

Wash our clothes with it,

Refine our gasoline with it,

Fight our fires with it,

Manufacture our cars with it,

Irrigate our crops with it,

And even use it to carry our wastes away,

Without it, We cease to exist,

With it, we continue….

 

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