No, it's not house cleaning or skin cleansing. It's rinsing the soul and disinfecting it of all sins.
I know every time I do my bed, organize my room, vacuum the house or scrub the kitchen - I feel a sense of accomplishment. It's like, I feel happy that I have done something good. Cleaning anything just gives me a fresh feeling, its like my brain finds peace when finally things are in order and where they belong.
People detox their bodies and exfoliate their skin, laundry their clothes, spray their homes, perfume their cars - all in all, cleaning is part and parcel of our culture. It is something we teach our children from a young age - to brush their teeth and wash their hands. In fact, doctors and physical trainers earn the highest salaries in our country because health, hygiene, and fitness is important to us. But in our daily enthusiasm to wash and tidy up - we forget to sanitize our souls.
Like disease infects and incapacitates the body, sins contaminate and kill the soul. If unabated, sins engulf our consciousness of and motivation to worship Allah. Check yourself, every time you do something wrong, it will become easier for you to do more wrong and you will feel lethargic in your Salah. Just as a disease becomes chronic illness in the body if it goes untreated, sins tarnish and trash the soul. Notice, many people do not find motivation to even recite the Qur'an. They find it such a hassle to make wudu' and wake up in time for Salah. But the same people will read 10 novels every week, spend hours putting making up and straightening their hair and stay awake all night talking to friends. Why? Because their soul is not into Allah any more. Their souls are addicted to sin so they find pleasure in sinning, but boredom and fatigue in piety. How scary is that? It is like drinking too much salty water and still dying out of thirst.
People are generally good but by not curbing our sins, we allow our souls to corrupt and decay. Purge out sins from your soul with Islam cleansing program.
Wudu
Abu Hurairah (r.a) narrated, the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said, "When a Muslim or a believer washes his face, every sin he has committed with his eyes is washed away from his face along with water, or with the last drop of water; when he washes his hands, every sin they wrought is erased from his hands with teh water, or with the last drop of water; and when he washes his feet, every sin towards which his feet walked is washed away with water, or with the last drop of water, with the result that he comes out cleansed of all sins." [Muslim]
Abu Hurairah (r.a) narrated, the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said, "Should I not direct you to something by which Allah obliterates the sins and elevates (your) ranks....Performing wudu properly , even in difficulty, frequently going to the Mosque, and waiting eagerly for the next Salah after a Salah is over; indeed that is ar Ribaat." [Muslim]
Salah
Abu Musa al Ashari (r.a) narrated, the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said, "He who observes the Fajr and Asr Salah will enter Jannah." [Bukhari and Muslim]
Friday
Abu Hurairah (r.a) narrated, the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said, "He who performs his wudu' perfectly and comes to Jumu'ah prayer and listens to the Khutbah silently, the sins which he has committed since the previous Friday plus three more days will be forgiven for him. One who distracts himself with pebbles during the Khutbah will not get the Jumu'ah reward." [Muslim]
Ramadan
Abu Hurairah (r.a) narrated, the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said, "The five Salah, and from one Jumu'ah prayer to the next Jumu'ah prayer, and from Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for the sins committed in between their intervals; provided the major sins are avoided." [Muslim]
Make wudu with full consciousness and really imagine cleaning your soul. When offering Salah, think of all your sins and ask Allah for forgiveness. Make Fridays rehabilitation days for your soul. Showering, miswaak-ing, reciting Surah al Kahf, sending a lot of salutations upon the Prophet (s.a.w), going to the Masjid, listening to the Khutbah, praying in congregation, meeting the Muslims in the community and giving in charity, can be really refreshing at the end of a busy week at school or work (on condition that all cell phones and laptops are turned off during this time). Give your soul a breather, clean and re-energize it, at least once every week on Fridays and let it take nourishment in the remembrance of Allah.
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