Favors a very high after Islam and faith is health. God has put the health of body and organs as the mandate given to man to be maintained and kept functioning properly, and used for charitable deeds. Islam knows a dynamic concept of health and in it included the notion of Sihah the physical state that allows all members of the body to function properly. In addition there is the sense Sihah aafiyah notion, namely a state that is more Afdhal and reach impacts of human happiness in the world and the hereafter.
Health is a basic requirement for human life. Islam recommends to all his people to live healthy and be preceded by the command realize the sanctity and cleanliness. A person who prays first will be advised of hadats holy and clean and unclean.
Islam attention on the health of their communities is immense. It can be seen from the existence of some dispensation or rukhshah like permissibility bertayamum signaled for the sick and allowed to break the fast by replacing the other day.
Islam attention to health can also be seen from guidance about how to obtain food, process it and eat. Islam commands people to obtain food in a way that legitimate, lawful, and if someone is eating or drinking should not be excessive. There are several types of foods and beverages that is forbidden because of danger of physical health, spiritual and mind.
Wudlu. Prayer is not just essentially a symbol of devotion and servitude to Allah, but more than that. The first requirement before conducting prayers are rid the body of impure, both in clothing and a place that will be used for prayer.
In terms of health, wudlu an educational element for cleanliness maintained in everyday life, especially on the appliance senses.
Every Muslim in addition to bath, in five times a day and night of cleaning the body. This is very useful to prevent disease. Wudlu psychiatric terms is recommended, that we should be able to keep themselves from things which God has forbidden. For example the eyes, mouth, ears, hands and feet must be pure so as not to be used for things that are immoral.
Eye is one tool senses that is meaningful and very important function. Pleasure because God has given eyes, of course we can not count them. Among other things with our eyes were blessed to see a variety of natural beauty that has been created by God. But the eye is also the base of any defamation or disobedience, it must be guarded carefully.
The mouth is a very important organ, for example, to eat and speak. But on the other hand worship will be destroyed or canceled all just due to the mouth. Therefore if we want to do worship well, then let leave the discussions that are not useful and no meaning.
The outer ear should be clean from the source of a psychiatric illness and ears should be maintained so as not to be used to listen to things that are not good (God forbidden). Likewise, the hands and feet, not used for anything contrary to God.
Prayers. After berwudlu, only allowed to pray. According to Arif Wibisono (a psychologist at the University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta), prayer is not just contain a spiritual value, tetaapi also have physical activity, refreshing body and soul from all the tensions and foster a feeling of peace and contentment. Djamaluddin Antjok (psychologist from the University of Gajah Mada University) also mentioned that there are four aspects of prayer which presumably could have the wisdom to cope with psychiatric disorders and anxiety. Four aspects are sports, meditation, suggestions and camaraderie.
Given in any aspect of meditation in prayer, then pray in Islam to replace tranquilizers. Those with stress, loss of confidence, an ulcer and insomnia can be cured in a short time with bershalat. Similarly, the anxious group from heart disease, cancer and asthma, could lose his anxiety factor, so that the spirit to heal will arise by itself.
In Japan Dr. Kasamatsu and Kiroji (1970) states that meditation can activate the right brain hemisphere and improve the coherence with the left brain hemisphere. Prof. Dr. Andrea from Paris mention also that the movements in the prayer will reduce obesity and reduce disease, rheumatism, diabetes, gallstones, constipation and so on. Muscle movements during prayer times can cause the veins become bigger and stronger muscles. Prof. Dr. Kohlrasch and Prof. Dr. Leube said that the prayer movement to reduce and prevent heart disease, lung, stomach disease constipation, biliary disease, asthma, obesity, diabetes and rheumatism.
In the Qur'an, prayer is the only way to cleanse the human body and soul (Surat al-Mudatsir: 4-5). Posture when performing prayers of Islam as exemplified by the Prophet Muhammad in accordance with God's revelation that it receives.
According to Prof. Dr. HA Saboe good attitude of prayer is as follows: The attitude of the hand according to Iman Abu Hanifa, his hands folded on top of the center or slightly below it. But Iman Shafi wants folded over the chest. While Imam Malik advocated both hands were not folded, but left to depend, as usual.
Among the three attitudes that have a requirement that medical science is advocated by Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Shafi'i. The attitude of the folded hands is a relaxed attitude or break is perfect for both hands. For the elbow joint, wrist and the muscles of both hands are in a resting state management. Runs perfect blood circulation to the heart, lymph production and tissue water which collects in the pockets of the two joints better. So both wrist joints easily moved and easy to avoid the emergence of joint diseases such as pernyakit trending joint stiffness (arthritis).
The attitude of bowing when performed correctly and properly in accordance with medical science a lot of benefits. Among other healthy segments of the waist, neck vertebra bone, bone-vertebra of the spine and hip bone segments.
The attitude of prostration by placing your fingers or palm of the hand in addition to the knee caused not only the muscles will become bigger and stronger, but also causes the pulse of blood vessels (arteries) and veins (venae) and lymph vessels (lympha) will terpijat or sequence, so that the circulation of blood and lymph so become fluent in the limbs. The perfect prostration attitude can help the heart and avoid work hardening the walls of blood vessels (arterio sclerosis).
The attitude of the first sitting tahiyat called sitting posture tahiyat iftirasy while the latter sat tawarruk. In fact we iftirasy posture sitting with a groin muscles in which there is one large groin nerve (nerve ischadus) above the heel of our foot. Heel of the foot is covered by a muscle (musculus triceps surae) that serves as a pillow. And thus the heel pressing on the groin muscles and nerves of the groin. So nervous is terpijat groin. Massage or a sequence that can prevent or cure a disease of the groin nerves (neuralgia) and blood vessels in the area pirenium become bigger and stronger. Pirenium is part of the human body is very important because the body parts have genitals.
In tawarruk posture in which the left heel and right heel pressed at the right groin and left fingers of the right stand on the floor. The advantage of sitting tawarruk once in the body's health, among others, can avoid hemorrhoids, avoid male genital glands harden, can reduce protruding out of anal canal (prolopsusrecti) or uterus sticking out (prolopsus uteri).
From the above description can be concluded that prayer is one of the very good suggestions for improving one's health both physical and spiritual. Prayers are performed perfectly useful to accelerate and improve blood circulation; train organs lung and heart and normalize breathing and heart rate. It also increases strength and flexibility of muscles and nerves regulating skin moisture, inhibit the process penuaaan cells of body tissue and help the healing process of various diseases. So it would lose if there are Muslims who do not perform prayers perfectly.