It's One of the Essentials of Purification

Every day, our busyness is very confusing. Various problems, conflicts, feuds either in yourself or with others will make yourself feel hard and restless.

To dispel trouble, the cleric teaches Muslims to keep trying, accompanied increasingly to realize the enormity of God's power. Ulama, through the practice abstracted from the Qur'an and Hadith as well as the predecessors of scholars, convey that there are simple actions that can be one way to reduce feelings of distress.

One of the methods mentioned earlier scholars to reduce the intensity of anger and restlessness is the suggestion for purification, in this case can purify themselves, either by performing ablution or by cleaning the body through bathing.

In Abwabul Faraj the work of Sheikh Muhammad bin Alwi Al-Maliki mentioned that self-cleaning can be a method to reduce and prevent daily tiredness and fatigue. Quoted from Imam Umar bin Saqqaf As-Saqqaf that the thing that can widen the mind, reject the pain, and also nourish the body, is to pay attention to personal hygiene.

In addition, it is also advisable to fulfill the Messengers' sunna because it can prevent any doubts and bad feelings that may come from the devil, and perform the prayers to prevent the things that are preoccupied with unnecessary matters.

In a hadith, when the Prophet was troubled, he immediately performed ablutions and established prayers. "I rest (from distress) with prayer, O Bilal," explained the Prophet in one of his narrations. Should wudu, eliminated all feelings of doubt and an unwarranted misgivings.

Imam As-Sya'rani mentions that the presence of the heart in prayer and worship, it can also be seen how the presence of the heart when performing ablution. According to him, perpetuating ablution can lead to airy hearts, easy sustenance, and keep yourself from the ugliness that can be upsetting heart. In another description, also mentioned renewed ablution after prayer can be a bright wash of the heart.

From a lot of information above, we can know that a clean body, one of them through wudhu it has a virtue that can help to reduce the burden of distress. Coupled with prayers, many remarks mention that through religious teachings and rituals accompanied by prayer, it can calm the mind and increase optimism. Especially fresh and clean body after wudu can be added value. May we be made a servant who always purifies, is born and inward, as in the Qur'an, "Verily Allah loves the repentant servant and loves also those who purify themselves." Wallahu a'lam.