Paradise Under Your Feet — Page 178
178 ٗ عۡمَتَہ َ ن تم ی طَھرَکمۡ و َ ل ی یۡد ل یَجۡعَل َ عَلَیۡکم ۡ من ۡ حَرَجٍ و َ لّٰکن ۡ یر ل َ عَلَیۡکمۡ لَعَلَکمۡ تَشۡکروۡن “ O ye who believe! When you stand up for Prayer, wash your faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and pass your wet hands over your heads, and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you be unclean, purify yourselves by bathing. And if you are ill or you are on a journey while unclean, or one of you comes from the privy or you have touched women, and you find not water, betake yourselves to pure dust and wipe therewith your faces and your hands. Allah desires not that He should place you in a difficulty, but He desires to purify you and to complete His favor upon you, so that you may be grateful. ” A4. 4 The Holy Prophet (saw) first of all used to clean his private parts. Then he would make a complete ablution, followed by putting water on the right side of his body three times and then on the left side three times. He would then put water on his whole body. During this time, he would recite the Kalima and the prayer after ablution: “ O Allah make me of those who seek forgiveness and make me of those who are cleansed. ” A4. 5 Islamic Teachings Regarding Sexual Activity Any kind of sexual activity without marriage is prohibited and is considered fornication or adultery. Islam advises anyone who reaches the age of maturity and is able to afford the expense of a marriage that he should get married. If due to some reason one cannot get married, it is advised that one fasts and prays, as this reduces sexual desire. Islam and other religions only allow natural sexual activity as designed by God; all other sexual perversions and homosexuality are