1) Young Muslims - The Message

• Salah can be offered wearing clean clothes, whereas yourclothes get dirty in gymnastics.• You have to be clean in order to offer Salah. In contrast, youcan be physically be as filthy and dirty as you want to dogymnastics.• Salah increases brotherhood in the nation. Gymnastics doesnot do this.• In Salah, chances of gaining injuries are very little. Ingymnastics, chances of gaining injuries, accidents andbroken bones are much higher.• If you’re not healthy (i.e. broken arm, leg, shin, foot etc)you cannot do gymnastics. In contrast, in this situation, youcan offer Salah.• After you've eaten a meal, you can offer Salah. If you dogymnastics after you eat a meal, you can easily throw up.• Salah programs you to abstain from evil deeds and enjoingood deeds. Gymnastics does not program you like this.• In Salah, you gain a lot of good rewards from Allah.Gymnastics does not have this advantage.• In Salah, you can offer it at home, in a mosque, evenoutside. Gymnastics does not have this advantage.• Salah can only be done if you do wudu (Islamic ablution)which has many scientific advantages. Gymnastics does nothave this advantage.Hence, we see that there are vast differences between Salah andgymnastics. Moreover, there are various scientific benefits of theSalah, which include:In Salah, when we do ruku (that is bow down), extra blood flowsinto the upper part of the body. The spine becomes supple andflexible, while the spinal nerves are nourished. This relievesbackache and pain. Ruku stretches lower back, thighs, and calves soblood gets pumped into the upper torso. Bowing position tonesstomach muscles, abdomen and kidneys. When we come back tothe standing position (after ruku), the blood which has entered intoYoung Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 104