Water in Islam

Water is considered to have magical abilities to heal people. And even some scientists proved its healing effects. Religious people believe that holly water is able not only to heal people, but also to damage demons and to destroy witchcraft and to break curses.

In Islam water plays an important role. This religion gives special qualities to water considering it to be the source of life. According to the Koran, Allah created a person from the water and this book underlines its importance in the world as the source of everything alive. According to the Koran, the water existed long before the earth and the heaven were created and the kingdom of Allah was based on water.

The water of rivers, rains and lakes is mentioned a lot of times in the Koran picturing how generous Allah is. But there are a lot of phrases according to which Allah was so generous to give sweet water to people, but he may also take it from them. In such way Islam teaches people to value the water and its importance in the world. People should be graceful for the water they drink. And they are only the keepers of everything Allah has created, and should never change anything or destroy.

Besides, water is also the symbol of cleanness and purity. All people should be clean when they speak to Allah. People get clean through the process of ablution. And ablution is the part of almost every ceremony in Islamic religion. Prays read not being clean are not efficient. That means that people have to make the ceremony of ablution before every five prays that have to be pronounced during the day. The Koran says that Allah appreciates those who follow the ritual of ablution and orders to people to wash their hands and face, their feet, and if they have made a lot of sins, they have to wash the whole body. And only then Allah is going to listen to prays of people and to gift them. And when the Judgement Day comes, all people will come with clean foreheads.

There are a lot of saint texts dedicated to the process of ablution, paying attention to parts of the body that should be washed first. The water of ablution must be clean and mustn't contain any additional substances. Usually Muslims use the water of rains, wells, rivers and other sources.

According to this religion every drop of water makes people clean and forgives all their sins. Besides, the drop of water may make devil run far away from it.

There are two kinds of ablution: the one is made before pray and the second is the ablution of the whole body that is held after sex, giving birth to children, before important religious holidays, and after death.

But according to Islam it is also necessary to be economic in using the water during ablution. There are also advices for people during the time of lack of water. According to them, if people have no water they may make the ceremony of ablution using the sand.

As you see religion pictures the water as something important and valuable.