THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Ath-thalaatha 26th day of Safar (Tuesday 13th October. 2020). SOME WISDOM BEHIND WUDUU (Ablution). BismilLah.

Let's note the fards or compulsory parts of wuduu which are: To wash the face, the two hands and arms including elbows, to wipe the head and to wash the two feet including the heels. There are wisdoms behind wuduu in terms of protection from sins

Our religion orders us to wash certain parts of the body (to make wuduu) before standing in the presence of ALLAH. The divine aim here is not only cleaning these parts from visible dirt and dust but also from the spiritual and invisible impurities of the sins they have committed through the water of repentance and asking for pardon. Besides, there are deep wisdoms behind the order of washing these organs or parts.

The first part that is fard to wash is the face. For, there are organs like the mouth (tongue), nose and eyes that are used primarily to commit sins. Let us think about the mouth: It eats forbidden things. Cursing, backbiting, slandering, telling lies, divisive words, seductive words and shameless expressions are uttered by the mouth. It is seen that the source of the biggest bad deeds against both Allah and people is the mouth. 

What about the eyes? Is it not the organ that catches the secret bad things and makes the other organs follow it? Is it not the organ that catches the smell of the evil and makes the whole body turn to that side and that has the responsibility and a big share of the sins committed by a person?

Therefore, we are ordered to wash the face first, which includes the organs that start and cause all kinds of sins and deeds prohibited by the religion. Thus, a person is virtually addressed as follows: as you fulfill most of the proper duties of these organs, you also need to wash away the dirt and dust accumulated on them, protect the health of your body, clean them, regret the bad deeds committed by them, repent and decide not to commit them again and prevent them from committing similar sins so that you can be a real Muslim. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.