Is it a good idea to cleanse onself with water after using the restroom like Muslims do?

Muslims wash their privates after they use the restroom with water and also they use the toilet paper. Then they wash their hands with soap. This is the Sunnah of prophet Muhammed. But it also prevents disease. Now I think that is unique to their religion, because I never hear of other religions doing this. Do you do this?Is it a good idea to cleanse onself with water after using the restroom like Muslims do?
I am a Muslim and I do that :)


well Islam urges Muslims to be clean in every way possible, we are ordered to shave off our underarms and pubic area, to stay clean, to always clean and clip our nails, to dress nicely and smell good, to clean up with a musk on a cotton after periods...( evedintly it was discovered that musk is a natural anti-biotec and it's perfect after periods because it is the time when the number of disease causing bacteria is the highest..)...I just love thatIs it a good idea to cleanse onself with water after using the restroom like Muslims do?
...nope I've never heard of any religion or people doing this ever...*sarcasm*
i go #2 before i shower. always before....never after (unless i REALLY have to, but i try to shower after that. no sense in leaving a mess to be taken care of later.)





so i guess its sortof like that.
I do correct handwashing technique per my medical training, which always draws odd stares from the unknowing person next to me at the sinks, but it's kept me from getting a LOT of weird illnesses so I'm sticking with it. I'll wash my nasty bits in the shower or if there's a bidet handy.





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I knew of a British professor that did this. I think it had to do with the culture over there. I unfortunately walked in on him in the restroom at college.





I think he missed his bidet.





And yes I am sure he was WASHING.
Please understand the soap and water can only washing clean a body and hands but not the soul and sin. Sin is not clean by anyone else but yourself.
If you believe this, then feel free to accept food given to you by left-handed Muslims.
It's funny now that the toilet paper companies are coming out with these little potty wipes for kids and also now for adults. Like duh.... you just now figured out that people are still nasty after only using the paper?


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It is unnecessary for the average person to do all that. For them it is a religious ritual and nothing more. They believe that by doing so they will spiritually acceptable to God. They copy their rituals from the Jewish faith and even exaggerate them. Now, if you want to do the same, be my guest.


Cheers,


Mr. M on ';cleanse.';
In Europe it was customary to have a bidet in the bathroom, with which to wash oneself after going to the toilet.





This custom is not so widespread as it once was, possibly because we now have better quality of paper and also improved understanding in the past 100 or so years of the need (and methods) for good handwashing with a quality soap. Or maybe because of the expense of a bidet. Hard to say.





I think this is common to most people.





Christians certainly have practices related to cleanliness, as do jewish and hindu people. I did not know until this post that muslim people also have such practices, but it makes sense.





If you did some research, you would probably find that most people have some sort of ritual, custom or rule relating to this basic human function.





Best wishes :-)
I always thought this was a European custom. It is common practice for all people to use toilet paper and wash ones hands after using the bathroom.
*******************CLEANLINESS IN ISLAM*********************





Islam places great emphasis on cleanliness, in both its physical and spiritual aspects. On the physical side, Islam requires the Muslim to clean his body, his clothes, his house, and the whole community, and he is rewarded by God for doing so. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, for example:


';Removing any harm from the road is charity (that will be rewarded by Allah).'; [Bukhari]





While people generally consider cleanliness a desirable attribute, Islam insists on it , making it an indispensable fundamental of the faith. A Muslim is required to be pure morally and spiritually as well as physically. Through the Qur'an and Sunnah Islam requires the sincere believer to sanitize and purify his entire way of life.


In the Qur'an Allah commends those who are accustomed to cleanliness:





';Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.'; [2: 22]





In Islam the Arabic term for purity is Taharah. Books of Islamic jurisprudence often contain an entire chapter with Taharah as a heading.





Allah orders the believer to be tidy in appearance:





';Keep your clothes clean.'; [74:4]





The Qur'an insists that the believer maintain a constant state of purity:





';Believers! When you prepare for prayer wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water) and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. If you are ritually impure bathe your whole body.'; [5: 6]





Ritual impurity refers to that resulting from sexual release, menstruation and the first forty days after childbirth. Muslims also use water, not paper or anything else to after eliminating body wastes.





Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) advised the Muslims to appear neat and tidy in private and in public. Once when returning home from battle he advised his army:





';You are soon going to meet your brothers, so tidy your saddles and clothes. Be distinguished in the eyes of the people.'; [Abu Dawud]








On another occasion he said:





';Don't ever come with your hair and beard disheveled like a devil.';[Al-Tirmidhi]


And on another:





';Had I not been afraid of overburdening my community, I would have ordered them to brush their teeth for every prayer.'; [Bukhari]





Moral hygiene was not ignored, either, for the Prophet (pbuh) encouraged the Muslims to make a special prayer upon seeing themselves in the mirror:





';Allah, You have endowed me with a good form; likewise bless me with an immaculate character and forbid my face from touching the Hellfire.'; [Ahmad]





And modesty in dress, for men as well as for women, assists one in maintaining purity of thought.





Being charitable is a way of purifying one's wealth. A Muslim who does not give charity (Sadaqah) and pay the required annual Zakah, the 2.5% alms-tax, has in effect contaminated his wealth by hoarding that which rightfully belongs to others:





';Of their wealth take alms so that you may purify and sanctify them.'; [9: 103]





All the laws and injunctions given by Allah and His Prophet (pbuh) are pure; on the other hand, man-made laws suffer from the impurities of human bias and other imperfections. Thus any formal law can only be truly just when it is purified by divine guidance - as elucidated by the Qur'an and the Sunnah - or if it is divinely ordained to begin with - the Shari'ah.