Health and Islam: The health benefits of ablution
Ablution is obligatory befor the five daily prayers in addition to other obligatory prayers except the funeral prayer. It is obligatory to wash the face and the two arms, and pass the hand over, for shias, the head and the feet. Similarly, it is recommendable, in the ritual ablution, to wash the hands and rinse the mouth and the nose in addition to the other actions. The specialist physicians mention important advantages for the ablution as follows: Water that is shed on the face and the hands helps in activating the dermal capillaries. This increases thehart vivacity, activates the body respoiratory processes, and helps in inhalation and exhalation. Consequently, the perceptive motivated nerves are stimulated. Then, the stimulation moves to the whole cardiac, gastric and pulmonic nerves, as well as all of the organs and glands. Eyes are protected against opthalmia because they are washed with water several times a day. The nasal channels ar cleaned f...