WASHING OF THE SOUL (Ghusl alruwh) One of the oldest articles and letters written by Sheikh Abdul Karim Zidan in the Islamic Brothers Magazine, a weekly magazine that was published in Baghdad by the Islamic Brotherhood (Muslim Brotherhood) in the 1950s and 1960s, and its editor at the time was headed by Professor Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Sawaf . The article (Washing the Soul) was written by Professor Abdul Karim Zaidan and published in the Eighteenth Issue of the Islamic Brothers Magazine, issued on 13 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1372 AH, corresponding to July 24, 1953 AD . Note: The translation below may need revision... We welcome any correction by emailing us To my preacher brother My brother ... you are body and soul, and there is no doubt in that, with this the pronunciation of the Noble Qur’an and the Qur’an only utter the truth (this is our book speaks truth to you) and this tells the noble Messenger, ) And your mission, my brother, can only be carried out by the one with a strong spirit, and your vocation is only based on pure souls, as for the body, it is calculated to be a compound fit to carry the righteous spirit, so do not neglect the aspect of the spirit and accept your body and mind So you exaggerate the strengthening of the first with the arts of sports and stuff the second with the types of culture and leave the soul weak and weak under the pretext that the aspects of the call are many and forget the amount of importance of each side, its position and its status, so it falls into excessive and negligence and does not give everyone his right ... Just as your body is dirty and dirty, it needs washing that removes its chagrin and purification It purifies its filth and filth from it. A little overlooks this and accepts your body only with care and cleaning, so it is like you who washed his feet twice a day with soap and water and poured perfume on it and left his face filled with dust and accumulated dirt on him, and he is not treated with a handful of water ... Islam, my brother, is clean, and God is clean and loves cleanliness, but do you think that he only wants cleanliness of the body and neglects the matter of the soul? No, my brother, the soul is more important than the body to wash Purification is related to a close relationship with God, and it is attributed to him. No, but what they gain in their hearts Do not let it darken and be troubled, so you will conceal the lights of truth from it, so you live in a dark darkness that the sun’s rays, the moon’s lights, or the lights of electricity do not remove ... But how do you wash your soul, my brother? Do you wash it with the water you drink? No, it is not from the earth's substance for the earth's water to be suitable for it, it is from the sky, so it must have special divine water, so everything is washed according to what suits and suits it. Have you not heard the words of the noble Messenger and he speaks to his companions (You see if a river is washed at the door of one of you every day five, Is there anything left from his tuber? They said: Nothing remains from his tuber He said:Likewise, the five daily prayers God wipes out of sins. I think you have understood, but it is not enough for you to know the purity of your soul, as the rain of the sky does not hit those who are not exposed to it and it goes to it, like a radio, broadcast waves do not enter it - while it fills the space - unless you direct it towards it by turning its key ... So, expose your soul to this pure water while you are in your prayer so that it is destined for it to hit it, and it rises near the source of the purity and lame for moments that will return to you clear and clear and visible . I know, brother, that you are the people most in need of this washing and cleansing, because the worker between dust and rubble needs to be cleaned more than that sitting in his ivory tower, and are you nothing but a worker who wanders through the brownish spirits to purify them and the ruined souls to throw them and fix them and the unclean hearts to purify them. O my brother, in the wake of the night when people are resting, the sky throws its wondrous, cleansing torrent, and this is how those who knew did (they did not sleep for a while at night * and they ask for forgiveness ). And if you can, brother, go to the house that you look to in your prayers, and stand on a mountain before you, there were creatures from your Muslim brothers to purify themselves and wash their souls. Turning to God, with your body, soul, and tongue delights in remembrance and supplication, you will return, God willing, pure soul, pure in heart, strong to work and struggle for the sake of your vocation, the call of God (whoever performs the pilgrimage to God and does not disobey and does not commit adultery, he will return as the day his mother gave birth ) And God is great, praise be to God . Abdul Karim Zidan Your Brother