Benefits of Wudu and Instruction:

 Benefits of Wudu and Instruction:

"…..Allah does not wish to place you in a difficulty,

But to make you clean, And to complete His favour to you, That ye may be grateful"

[Surah 5:6]

Key benefits that the human body derives from washing our body:

1. Circulatory System
2. Immune System
3. Electrostatic balance

1) Blood Circulatory System:

The circulatory system allows blood and lymph circulation to transport essential nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, blood cells, etc. to and from cells in the body to nourish it and help to fight diseases, stabilize body temperature and pH, and to maintain homeostasis.

Blood vessels act as the transport system for these essential nutrients to reach the different parts of the body. Vessels such as arteries, veins, and capillaries all with their own respective functions resemble flexible tubing. 

 Due to factors such as age, diet, exercise, stress, etc...bloods vessels may harden and become constricted. This blockage of blood flow subsequently starves areas of the body from getting their proper nutrients. Causing cells and tissues to die. The build up of hardened material in these tubes causes them to lose their elasticity and flow. This in turn causes more stress on the heart, which is the muscle responsible for pumping blood to all parts of our body. This increased pressure and workload upon the heart may lead to problems such as arterio-sclerosis, strokes, and heart attacks.

The hardening and narrowing of blood vessels is a gradual process which happens over time. The vessels furthest from the heart, such as those in the brain, feet, and hands, are more vulnerable to the  process that begins slowly in these locations and goes no continuously with the passage of time.

Water gives rise to temperature gradient, which cause blood vessels to have a sort of exercise by alternately contraction and dilation. Hence water ensures flexibility and visor of the vessels away from the heart by dilating them when hot and contracting them when cold. It also forces nutrients, deposited in tissues as a result of sluggish circulation, back into the bloodstream by the virtue of the temperature difference.

In Wudu, Muslims wash all the important parts of the body five times a day. There is no doubt, this is favor from Our creator.

2) Immune System:

The lymphatic system which is also a network of vessels, much thinner then those of circulatory system, works in conjunction with the immune system to protect  the body. Pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, or any other alien objects we come into contact with throughout the day are fought against by this system by the specialized cells such as leukocytes.

The structure of the immune system is reinforced through wudu. In fact the way wudu is performed so specifically (step by step) clearly aims at lymphatic system. The reasons are as follows:

For the lymphatic system to function properly even a single point in the body must not be neglected, which is assured by the full ablution.. The most important center for stimulating the lymphatic system is the naso-pharyngeal region behind the nose and tonsils. Washing these spots is especially ordered.

Stimulation of the both sides of the neck has great influence on the lymphatic system and is also part of wudu.

3) Static Electricity

The body normally has balance of static electricity. However the atmospheric conditions as well as plastic clothing and the products common in our daily life adversely affect this balance. Most of us are aware of this electricity when getting out of the car or after sitting on a plastic chair. Irritability and facial wrinkles are the best known ill results, though there are many psychosomatic illnesses arising from it.

The worst influence of static electricity is exerted continuously on the small sub-cutaneous muscles (under the skin), finally rendering them inoperative, which is why wrinkles are set in.

These bad effects due to imbalance of static electricity can be simply avoided by doing the wudu several times a day.

Summary:

Thus, it is distinct that besides above-mentioned benefits, ablution also protects from tooth decays, eye infections, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, pelvic infections and other bacterial infections.

One might say, but I normally wash my face and hand daily anyway. Let us recall, however, this as a widespread public habit /practice has a very short history (barely 70 years or so) even amongst nations who have a tendency to claim to be the most civilized in the world. However this privilege Muslims have enjoyed for more than 1400 years.

Moreover, the cleanliness based on the sort of general human rules can never be sustained with steadiness of discipline, which in Islam it has, by the virtue of its association with worship.

To be sure, the worth and significance of wudu does not end with these medical observations, as it is a favor for us from the Almighty that may include so much (medical, spiritual, social etc) we don’t know.

Video below shows how little water we need to really gain the benefits of Wudu: