It is no secret that Muslims possess a level of cleanliness that far
outweighs practicers of other religions, with Islam giving instructions
on how to be clean in many different facets of life, covering areas from
eating, bathing, sexual relations, and going to the toilet. Rather
surprisingly, it is the latter of these which had a particular impact
upon Sheikh Abdur-Raheem McCarthy in his discovery of Islam.
In a television interview where Sheikh Abdur-Raheem McCarthy gives
his story on how he became a Muslim, he reveals that the common western
practices of going to the toilet openly in front of other people, and it
being considered manly to stand and urinate never sat right with him,
and he always felt unease with these practices. Learning that Islam has a
negative view of these practices had a profound effect on him, as if
Islam was inline with his natural disposition.
These simple instructions from Allah are often taken for granted by
Muslims, and we often do not realise the true beauty in them, their
benefits to our health, and the effects that practicing them can have on
non-muslims. This is evident in a story related by Sheikh Abdur-Raheem
McCarthy, where a dedication to cleanliness touched the heart of a
non-muslim.
He describes the story of an old woman who worked in the laundry of a
UK University, washing and ironing the clothes of the students. One day
she came across the clothes of a Muslim student, which she found to
have no stains from going to the toilet. In her 25 years in the job she
had never seen clothes this spotless, and after finding the same thing
each time the student brought the clothes, curiosity led her to ask the
reason. After being told of Islamic cleanliness, the lady declared that a
religion like this has to be the religion of truth. This story should
serve as a lesson to all of us that even the smallest practices can be
powerful methods of Dawah.
Source: www.muslimsandtheworld.com
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