Strengthening and Awakening the Major Parts of the Body

Experience bears witness that by washing the hands and feet, and by pouring water over the face and head a person feels a profound effect, the major parts of the body are strengthened and awakened, negligence, sleepiness and even deep unconsciousness are arrested through this action.

Endorsement of this experience can be secured from the skilled physicians because they prescribe sprinkling water over the parts of the body mentioned for an unconscious person, a person who has diarrhoea and one who was phlebotomized.

In this regard, Allaamah Quraishi writes in Mujaz:

“Sprinkling water over the face and hands refreshens and strengthens the natural body heat found in a person and it guards against fainting due to the adverse effects of the bathroom, etc.”

(Al-Masaalihul Aqliyyah)