Monday, May 19, 2008

Face or Feet?

Once a Muslim scholar was flying to a country with an airplane. When the time for salah came, he went to the bathroom to make wudhu (ablution). Since, the bathrooms in airplanes are very small, he had to open the door to lift up his foot to the sink.

An air hostess came to him and told him not to wash his feet in the sink because they are dirty. The scholar calmly asked the hostess "How many times do you wash your face?" The hostess replied "Usually once or twice." Then the scholar replied "I wash my feet five times a day for prayers. Therefore, my feet are cleaner than your face."

The purpose of this story is not to get a good laugh. However, it teaches us how regular we should be about prayers. It also shows us how to deal with non Muslim comments regarding wudhu.

3 comments:

Sang Kencana said...

What a nice story..hehhe but then full of implied meaning..it is our resposibility as a muslim to pray 5 times per day..do not neglect it....

"From Allh We Come, And To HIM we Go Back"

zara zenia said...

thank you amirul.

yeah... its a beautiful story when i read it muhself... n still there's meaning behind it...

ISLAM itu INDAH. there's alwiz a good reason from HIS for us as a MUSLIM to follow the RIGHT path.

insyaALLAH.

ameen~

alFaisal said...

Mengapa nak masukkan kaki ke dalam sinki sedangkan boleh kita ambil sahaja air dengan tangan dan basuh kaki tu atau lebih mudah sekadar menyapu di atas stokin berdalilkan hadis menyapu khuf.

Kadangkala tegas tak kena tempat akhirnya mendatangkan misconception.