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Purity and Cleanliness

            It is an Islamic injunction that before offering the Prayer the Muslim must perform an ablution, unless he has done one earlier and kept it valid. This obligatory ablution is sometimes partial, sometimes complete, depending on his or her condition. Now, if we remember that a Muslim has to offer at least five obligatory prayers every day in pure heart and mind, in clean body and clothes, on pure ground and intention – we can very well realize the vital effect and beneficial results of this single act for man (cf. Qur’an, 4:43, 5:7).