Water and Islam

Wuduʾ ( ) is the Islamic procedure for cleansing parts of the body, a type of ritual purification, or ablution. The steps of wudu are washing the hands, rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the face, then the forearms, then wiping the head, the ears, then washing or wiping the feet, while doing them in order without any big breaks between them.

thumb|Wudu and ghusl facilities (in background) at Jamek Mosque in [[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]]

thumb|A şadırvan for ritual ablutions in front of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey thumb|Shadırvan in Po-i-Kalyan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

river in Paradise in Islam

fountain and or water kiosk

Istinja is the Islamic term for the action of using water to clean oneself after urinating and/or defecating.

thumb|Khuffs Masah () refers to the act of ritually cleaning the head or feet with a small amount of water, running the wet hands over the head or feet before salat (Islamic prayer). The term shares the same root as the word Maseeh (Messiah) which is used for one who is anointed, in religious terms by God.

Rivers described in Genesis

archaeological site in Northern District, Israel