Table of contents:
- Tips for maintaining cleanliness during the pilgrimage
- 1. Personal hygiene
- 2. Maintain food hygiene
- 3. Keeping the environment clean during the pilgrimage
- 4. Shave is not arbitrary
- 5. Avoid crowds and keep consuming vitamin C
Maintaining cleanliness or hygiene during the Hajj is the first step to prevent disease. Germs can easily be transmitted through hands, food and drink which then enter the mouth.
So that the pilgrimage can run smoothly, consider the tips for maintaining cleanliness in the following review.
Tips for maintaining cleanliness during the pilgrimage
Dense activity sometimes makes many people forget the importance of cleanliness. Cleanliness can start with yourself, wherever and whenever you are active in the Holy Land.
Basically, Islam also teaches and invites the congregation to pay attention to cleanliness through ablution as a mandatory provision before prayer. This cleanliness application would be better done. At least minimize the risk of common diseases experienced by the congregation, such as diarrhea, dysentery, hepatitis and respiratory problems.
Of course the pilgrims can always be healthy by taking these simple steps in maintaining hygiene during worship.
1. Personal hygiene
Washing your hands is important in maintaining cleanliness wherever you are, including when performing the Haj pilgrimage. Wash your hands under running water and wash them with soap, especially when you eat, use the toilet, and come in contact with sick people.
Don't forget to take a shower with warm water and soap, wash your hair with shampoo, brush your teeth with your own brush, and cut your nails regularly to reduce the risk of transmitting germs.
2. Maintain food hygiene
Food that is not kept clean can be an easy medium for disease transmission. You can prevent food poisoning by storing food and maintaining proper hygiene.
For example, washing your hands before touching raw food. When you want to cook in the inn, you can wash vegetables and fruit and meat with running water.
When you buy food, make sure it is cooked properly. Avoid buying food sold on the side of the road, because hygiene is not necessarily maintained. When the food is going to be brought home, don't forget to wrap the food and cover it tightly so that no dust sticks to it.
3. Keeping the environment clean during the pilgrimage
Not only from food, disease transmission can also occur when cleanliness in the environment is not maintained. Maintaining cleanliness during the pilgrimage needs to be applied, for example, always throwing garbage in its place.
Disposing of trash properly means that you help other congregations and yourself avoid illness. Don't forget to wash your hands after you take out the trash.
Garbage in any form can be a place for germs to nest. When a person has physical contact with trash that is not properly disposed of, the risk of disease transmission is higher.
4. Shave is not arbitrary
Tahallul is one of the mandatory series of men when carrying out the pilgrimage which is symbolized by shaving their hair. When it comes to shaving, try to shave in a clean, certified salon.
Authorized shaving stations are usually under the supervision of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health. Usually these razors were scattered around the Holy Land.
You have the right to make sure the tools used are cleaned first. The infection can be transmitted through the blood that remains on the razor. Ensuring this hygiene can minimize the risk of disease transmission.
5. Avoid crowds and keep consuming vitamin C
Avoiding places that are too crowded is an effort to maintain personal hygiene during the pilgrimage. Even though it is difficult because there are so many worshipers who come from all over the world, try when you are not worshiping, you stay away from the crowd.
Environmental density can facilitate disease transmission from one individual to another. Because no one knows the disease history of other people around us.
In addition to maintaining personal hygiene during the pilgrimage, don't forget to take vitamin C to increase endurance. Taking immune supplements containing vitamin C, Vitamin D, and zinc in effervescent format (water soluble tablets).
Don't forget to always drink lots of water to avoid dehydration.
By maintaining personal hygiene during Hajj, you will also avoid germs that can interfere with worship in the Holy Land.
