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In Islam, purity and cleanliness are considered acts of worship. Ablution has removed the effects of inevitable environmental pollution, freed man from the formative effects of pollution, and preserved the spiritual condition of man. In addition, ablution also leads to external purity. This review study investigated the relationship between ablution and various aspects of health and health of the body and soul.

In this review, the keywords “ablution”, “purity”, “cleanliness”, “cleanliness”, “body health”, “soul health”, “mental health”, and “disease” were used. Magiran, SID, Iran Medex, and PubMed databases were reviewed. First, the titles and abstracts of the articles and then the full texts of the articles were examined. Finally, 27 articles were selected and reviewed.

Ablution removes impurities and creates purity and health of soul and body. The preparations and phases of ablution play a role in the prevention of diseases. The brushing of teeth and the various stages of ablution have an effect on oral health and prevent impurities in the eyes, face and hands. Ablution is effective in preventing respiratory, digestive, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases and has a positive effect on mental health and nervous system and increasing sustenance.

As a manifestation of cleanliness and purity, ablution promotes physical and mental health and prevents respiratory, digestive, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases. Ablution is highlighted as one of the effective factors in improving sustenance in Islam.

Science-based or scientific interpretation of Koran, that is, the accordance of Koran to empirical sciences is of greater attraction for educated people specially the youth. For the man’s brilliant developments to achieve new horizons in sciences and discover the unknown in the past centuries, not only dominated him on nature more, but also had a deep effect on a Muslim’s viewpoint of the world and his creator and changed his interpretation of religious sciences and then Koran. Rituals of ablution are according to new researches, for when it was planned, the proper incitement of brain sensorial cortex and also motor regions of brain cortex in the mind. And this is one of the scientific miracles of Holy Koran, because Ablution Verse itself has been inspired from the creator of the brain sensorial cortex. Ablution is considered as a kind of worship in Islamic rules, although, it has numerous medical points like the other instructions such as fasting, baptism and prayer in the morning. Some are stated here but the main aim of this paper is only the scientific discussion of ablution. The intellectual features of ablution which are of much prominence in Islam are not considered here.