Conserve Water, Preserve Life!

Water Conservations in the Sunnah

What is extravagance in the use of water?

The Messenger of Allah passed by Sa'd while he was performing ablution and said, "What is this extravagance, Sa'd?" He said, "Is there extravagance in the use of water?" He said, "Yes, even if you are at a flowing river." (Related by Ahmad and Ibn Majah.)

“THE WATER THAT WENT DOWN THE DRAIN”

Do we waste water? Do we think it’s free?

How it gets to us, those efforts we don’t see

In so many parts of the world you know

There’s severe water shortage and crops don’t grow

Their livestock dies too and there’s famine around

While for you and I, precious water doesn’t count

So let’s look at some things we can do every day

With a little thought and effort, there’s so much we can save

Pour in water, but only as much as we drinkStop filling the glass up to almost the brim

When we’re thirsty next time,

we can drink from it

If we can’t drink it all, cover the glass with a lid

It’s a good way of saving both water and time

That way we won’t have to wash it each time

As for the water guests leave in the glass

It can surely be used for our indoor plants

When it comes to dishwashers and washing machines

Let’s not turn them on for only a few things

Or shampooing our hair

Let’s turn off the tap while we’re brushing our teeth

or while scrubbing our feet

As for our showers, when

we’re under that spray

It’s not the place to plan our life or

our day

While washing our cars, let’s

not give them a bath

Let’s try to save water when doing

this task

I could keep going on,

there are so many ways

If we think it’s important,

so much water can be saved

It’s really high time that we lived our

livesOn a conscious level, with our

conscience alive

For be sure of one thing –

that someone, somewhere

Needs that water we waste,

while we don’t care.

"The Prophet( SAW), used to take a bath with a sa'a of water (1.616 cm) 3 to 5 madd (each 4 madd equals one sa'a). ”

(Related by al-Bukhari and Musim.)

Lesson 1 :

"The Prophet( SAW), used to make ablution with one madd (404 cm) of water.“

(Related by al-Bukhari and Musim.)

Lesson 2 :

The Prophet has said that on the Day of Resurrection Allah will neither talk to, nor look at….

Lesson 3 :

“A man who with-holds his superfluous water. Allah will say to him, "Today I will with-hold My Grace from you as you with-held the superfluity of what you had not created” .”[Al Bukhari 40:557]

Prophet (saw) said, "Do not withhold the superfluous water in order to withhold the superfluous grass.“[Al Bukhari 40:544]

Lesson 4 :

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