She would have been down there taking a ceremonial ablution and praying to the river god Hapi, who was also the god of fertility. |
Many religions link ablution to absolution. Such associations seem to have penetrated deep into the Western imagination. |
Interestingly enough, the Prophet also encouraged doing ablution before going to bed. |
Rehabilitation would include bringing to working order the ablution which is in a bad state as most of the toilet pans and cisterns are broken. |
We are ordered to make ablution before prayer, and also to make sure that our places of prayer are free of contamination and filth. |
After proceeding on the main approach, a visitor will come to an ablution basin where the hands are washed and the mouth is rinsed. |