Name: Allah Loves Cleanliness | Episode 22
Uploaded: 2019-05-27T09:30:35.000Z
Channel: Dr. Omar Suleiman
Description: “Cleanliness is half of faith”. This episode defines purity beyond the ritual of wudu (ablution).

“Cleanliness is half of faith”. This episode defines purity beyond the ritual of wudu (ablution).

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The supreme deity in Islam, Allah is the One and Only God, creator and sustainer of the universe. He possesses all attributes of perfection, including mercy, justice, and omnipotence.

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Allah Loves: Series Introduction

Allah Loves Piety | Episode 1

Allah Loves Repentance | Episode 2

Allah Loves Excellence | Episode 3

Allah Loves Angelic Praise | Episode 4

Allah Loves Sincere Supplication | Episode 5

Allah Loves Those Who Are Trying | Episode 6

Allah Loves Tears and Traces | Episode 7

Allah Loves Trust | Episode 8

Allah Loves Patience | Episode 9

Allah Loves Justice | Episode 10

Allah Loves Beneficial People | Episode 11

Allah Loves Strength | Episode 12

Allah Loves Independence | Episode 13

Allah Loves Healthy Pride | Episode 14

Allah Loves Honor | Episode 15

Allah Loves Gentleness | Episode 16

Allah Loves Humility Without Disgrace | Episode 17

Allah Loves Forbearance and Deliberation | Episode 18

Allah Loves Due Diligence | Episode 19

Allah Loves Consistency | Episode 20

Allah Loves Punctual Prayer | Episode 21

Allah Loves Cleanliness | Episode 22

Allah Loves The Mosques | Episode 23

Allah Loves Love | Episode 24

Allah Loves Your Mother | Episode 25

Allah Loves the Unnoticed | Episode 26

Allah Loves Generosity in Trade | Episode 27

Allah Loves Being Prophetic | Episode 28

Allah Loves the Acceptance of His Gifts | Episode 29

Allah Loves Beauty | Episode 30

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 Asalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh everyone and welcome back to Allah Loves.  So last time we talked about this concept of praying on time.  Obviously what precedes the prayer is wudu, is our ritual purification.  The wudu comes out of a larger concept of cleanliness, of purity, of tahara.  The Prophet peace be upon him said that it is half of faith.  And a lot of people that came out of the Sunday school system or went to the masajid or had  aunties or uncles that constantly told them that you have to be clean and you've got to  do this a certain way and do that a certain way, never really fully got to grasp the love  of Allah that is embedded within this concept of purifying oneself.  Allah tells us in the Quran about those people that are established within the masajid, within  the mosques, that in it are people, that in it are men and women that love to purify themselves.  And Allah loves those who are pure.  This type of purity obviously is referring to again the physical and the spiritual but  it's a greater level of purity than simply doing wudu, than simply washing yourself.  The Prophet peace be upon him taught us to take care of removing impurities from ourselves,  of making sure that our wudu is done carefully, not quickly, that every part that it's meant  to touch, that the water is meant to touch, touches, that we do our wudu with the proper  supplications, that we freshen our breath before we come to the masjid.  I mean just imagine the Prophet peace be upon him, he used to use the siwak, he used to  purify his mouth with the toothbrush, with the siwak, every single time he would pray.  And he didn't make it a hardship on the ummah by legislating that we all had to do that  but it was in preparation for meeting with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  So prayer on time shows that you're prioritizing Allah in terms of schedule and then the way  that you pray shows that you're prioritizing Allah over your thoughts and your distractions.  Now wudu and the purification and the way that you clean yourself and the way that you  really prepare yourself for those meetings really speaks to that longing that you have  for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  And that's what the scholars mentioned.  Imam al-Ghazali rahimahullah, he said that when one of you goes to meet their most beloved  one, then they make sure that they're properly, you know, they're properly dressed, that they've  washed up, that they've sprayed their best cologne or perfume, that they've combed their  hair, combed their beards, whatever it is, that they've prepared themselves in the most  beautiful of ways.  So how is it when you go to meet al-wudud, when you go to meet the most loving Allah  subhanahu wa ta'ala, who loves those that purify themselves.  The way that you prepare yourself shows your anticipation.  And so taking care of the wudu is a means of taking care of that prayer as well and  a means of showing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that great desire that you have to meet with  him.  So those are things that are to be taken into consideration with how we beautify ourselves,  which we'll talk about inshallah on a future episode, but just removing things that would  be offensive.  So the Prophet peace be upon him said, you know, don't come to the masjid, don't come  to the mosque with garlic breath or after having eating onions because that's offensive  to the angels.  It's obviously offensive to the people next to you as well, but it's offensive to the  angels as well.  Taking care of those things is a means of ikram, it's a means of generosity to those  that are around you as well, even the angels whom you can't see, but more than anything  else a means of anticipation with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.  So when you're doing your wudu, you know, the Prophet peace be upon him taught us very  profoundly by the way to use the minimal amount of water because a lot of people they think  that you know I need to purify myself so that means let me just splash as much water on  me as possible.  But the Prophet peace be upon him used very little water, but it was the attention that  he paid salallahu alayhi wasalam peace be on to him to making sure that the wudu was  touching the fingers properly, getting in all of the places that it needs to get, that  a person even when they wash their feet they go between the toes.  These things seem minimal, but they express something greater.  They express a greater attention and a greater appreciation.  And as we talked about in our work we should have itqan, that attention to detail, likewise  in our worship there should be attention to detail and the way we prepare ourselves with  purification is part of that attention to detail.  We ask Allah to make us amongst those that are spiritually purified and physically purified  when we go to meet him for the sake of spiritual purification.  Allahumma ameen.  JazakumAllahu khayran.  See you all next time inshallah.  Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

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