Attaining Health Through Salah & Ablution

By Anayat Bukhari

Attaining Health Through Salah & Ablution is a book that presents comprehensive information on the subject of Salah (Prayers) and Ablution (special washing technique used by Muslims for prayers) in four chapters. It provides very useful information about physical benefits of all the aspects of this Islamic practice in a scientific order.
The purpose is to introduce the easy and practicable methods of achieving and maintaining the physical and mental health to the wider community. The author shares his own experience of Salah and Ablution which helped him to maintain hygiene and body fitness without spending awful amount of money and time.
In the end bibliography is also annexed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Aug 11, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503507517

Anayat Bukhari

Anayat Bukhari is an award-winning author (I.I.University Islamabad 1994). He has a passion for writing on diverse subjects. At a very young age, he started transferring his thoughts on the paper in the form of short essays and prose. With growing age, his selection of topics became more mature, and he started to focus on serious social, moral, political, lifestyle, and spiritual subjects. He is not your normal fiction writer. His unique selection of topics, in-depth research, and comprehensive but simple explanation of complex realities makes his work interesting to read. His philosophy regarding life and spirituality, when transferred into words, creates literature that stands out among today's modern literature. https://au.linkedin.com/pub/anayat-bukhari/2a/914/b04

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Rev. date: 07/21/2015

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Contents

Book Review

Author Biography

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter: Ablution

a- Hands:

b- Face:

c- Head:

d- Feet:

e- Mouth:

How to perform Ablution?

Ablution and Chinese Treatment

Staying in Wudu

Physical philosophy of compulsory bath

Wudu; a virtual Lock

Chapter: Salah

Psychological &Mental effects

Musculoskeletal effects

Rakaat

Healing and Preventing Effects

Salah and Yoga

Performing regular Salah

Chapter: Salah; As I Found

1. Organized Life:

2. Flexibility:

3. Weight control:

4. Shield:

5. Efficiency:

Chapter: Utmost Benefit

a) Perfection in ablution:

b) Perfection in salah:

Bibliography

BOOK REVIEW

It is my privilege to be able to write a review on ‘Attaining Health through Salah and Ablution’ by Anayat Bukhari.

The Author has indeed chosen to include the physical benefits, which are seldom emphasised whilst discussing the spiritual benefits of Salah (compulsory ritualistic prayer in Islam).

Being a Psychiatrist, I am particularly impressed by the psychological and mental effects mentioned by the Author especially highlighting the benefits starting from intention of prayer and continuing effects afterwards.

The most fascinating thing about this book is how the author has shared his own personal experiences and long lasting effects of Salah. In the end, effects of Salah in one’s life in general are highlighted making this book a complete reference for such topic.

I would highly recommend this book for not only those who have interest in health, fitness and spirituality but also those who may be intrigued about religion affecting a person’s life in various domains.

Dr Fawaz Mufti,

Psychiatrist,

Gold Coast, Australia

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Anayat Bukhari is an award-winning author (I.I.University Islamabad 1994). He has a passion for writing on diverse subjects. At a very young age, he started transferring his thoughts on the paper in the form of short essays and prose.

With growing age, his selection of topics became more mature, and he started to focus on serious social, moral, political, lifestyle, and spiritual subjects.

He is not your normal fiction writer. His unique selection of topics, in-depth research, and comprehensive but simple explanation of complex realities makes his work interesting to read. His philosophy regarding life and spirituality, when transferred into words, creates literature that stands out among today’s modern literature.

https://au.linkedin.com/pub/anayat-bukhari/2a/914/b04

FOREWORD

I usually come across the people suffering from musculoskeletal problems at different occasions. Most of them receive advice from their Medical men to perform certain exercises to address their issue. Many countries have developed a full network for body fitness in the form of a huge business. People spend huge amounts and spare time to keep fit but still they suffer a lot. This led me to conceive the idea to explore a simple, easy and practicable way to keep fit.

The quest of easy path to fitness made me search through various options. Traditional exercises, Yoga, Diet supplements, Sports, etc. all are different methods to keep your body fit. Each of them has some complication or limitation which renders it unpractical for the common man. I found a lot of stuff on the Medical and physical benefits of Wudu and Salah in a scattered form. I decided to compile it in a comprehensive form to create a formal guideline for the benefit of general public. Studying this booklet can be beneficial both for Muslims and non-Muslims. It is tried to present