Examples from Sunni Hadith where Muhammad taught unsanitary or unclean practices
*Keep in mind that water is a limited resource, but nowhere do we find Muhammad saying "Because we are short on water...". Not to mention that if the water was dirty he could have allowed them to do tayamum (dry ablutions). Instead he just keeps telling them go ahead!
If a dog licks from your plate you have to wash it SEVEN times? But how about just once with soap? Why such a weird obsession with dogs?
sunnah.com/muslim/2/116
It's okay to do ablutions (gargle water and put it in your nose) using contaminated well water since "water is pure and not defiled by anything"
sunnah.com/abudawud/1/66
If a fly falls in the drink, well, just dip it all the way! eeewwww nastyyy
sunnah.com/bukhari/59/126
If a mouse falls in the butter, just throw out the mouse and eat the rest of the butter! eeewwww
sunnah.com/bukhari/72/64
Muhammad used to remove lice from his clothing and suffered from head lice. https://t.co/w70L8z7s0Q https://t.co/hHqj7QxLPP
sunnah.com/abudawud/20/153
sunnah.com/urn/1803240
sunnah.com/urn/1080190
Muhammad used to put his saliva inside the mouth of dead people during the funeral process??? https://t.co/K8X5jpb02r
sunnah.com/bukhari/23/32
sunnah.com/muslim/51/2
Anytime a child was born, Muhammad's saliva would be put in its mouth.
sunnah.com/bukhari/63/136
Muhammad used to do ablutions and put water in his mouth and nose using leftover bath water from his wives.
sunnah.com/abudawud/1/68
Muhammad used to have semen on his clothes and his wives would scrape it off (or sometimes wash it) https://t.co/40rbDUAoI6
sunnah.com/abudawud/1/372
sunnah.com/urn/1002980
And of course one of the most disgusting things of all - ordering people to drink camel urine! Urine is a waste product and should not be consumed. It's also one of the reasons we got the MERS coronavirus!
sunnah.com/bukhari/76/9
Boys pee pee should be sprinkled with water but GIRLS pee pee should be washed! https://t.co/kgd3qrYrtq
sunnah.com/urn/1003060
sunnah.com/abudawud/1/377
That being said, there are some commendable teachings in the hadith as well. For example this one:
sunnah.com/urn/1253950
Many Muslims do not realize that the modern form of these teachings is very different. The requirement for cleaning yourself after taking a dump is to use an odd number of stones. Water is optional. Now it has become prevalent and is assumed is a requirement, but it wasn't.
As well, in Muhammads time, they all used to do wudhu (ablutions) from a shared container. They used to reuse leftover water from a bath for wudhu as well. You can't blame them since they were in a desert, but this is hardly what you would call divine teachings!
In one case he admitted that he was going to forbid sexual intercourse for the suckling period (upto 2 years after birth) but decided it was fine when he saw the Romans did it and their kids were okay!
sunnah.com/muslim/16/167
In this case Muhammad really needed a genetics lesson. This is so wrong even a teenager today would laugh at this statement. Why didn't he remain silent if he didn't know? Because prophets are kings of fake news.
sunnah.com/urn/1002010
Muhammad never taught his companions the very simple rule of using soap or boiling water before consuming. This shows that he really didn't have god telling him what to do, but was making his own rules using Jewish teachings and local customs for reference.
Why is it that in Islam women cannot pray while menstruating? What gets in the way of their prayers when they are bleeding? Nothing. There's no good reason for this rule. It's simply Muhammad thinking period blood was unclean (like in Judaism)
Many of the rules in Islam and other religions are made to get people in the mode of obedience. It's a form of thought control - telling people what to eat, how to eat, what to drink, how to drink, how to wash, how not to wash etc. The same thing is done in the army.
In conclusion, Islam doesn't teach superior cleanliness. It teaches ritual purity. There is a big difference.
