OBJECTIVE
The central objective of this lesson is to sensitize and acquaint the students the need for taking good care of their personal and environmental hygiene.
DEFINITION
Hygiene can simple be defined as the acts of keeping both the human body and environment clean, free from any sources of contaminating diseases.
ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE OF HYGIENE
The concept of hygiene in Islam plays a vital role in the sense that, in one the Prophet (PBUH) Hadith reported that hygiene is half portion of one’s Iman, that is “ANNA ZAFATU MILLAL IMAN”.
CLASSIFICATION OF HYGIENE
Hygiene has been classified into two: one is the act of keeping the human body clean and tidy. This process involves one to be a custodian of the following activities such as: Bathing, Brushing, clothes washing, Shaving, Hair cutting, Nail cutting etc. While the second aspect of hygiene is the environmental hygiene which involves the practices of keeping the environment clean and tidy. This activity involves Sweeping, Grass weeding, Dusting, mopping etc.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HYGIENE IN HUMAN LIFE
The importance of hygiene in human life include among the following:
§ Avoid smelling, bad smell
§ Keeping us away from different kind of diseases
§ Prevent food poisoning
§ Prevent physical environmental contamination
