Nope, soil is a better cleansing agent. Why don't you try it yourself? Rub some engine oil on your hand, make sure it's greasy enough, compare it with using water+soap or dirt+water.

For example, this article which explains the "samak" technique, though the application of it is different.

http://voices.yahoo.com/clean-hands-tools-...rt-6685860.html

I'm not gonna dig for more source which i'm sure you can search it yourself.


About parasites in dirts, i'm not gonna elaborate on that since you mentioned E.coli, it's not like you take soils from a place where people or animal defecate, people are smarter than that lol.

Boleh

idiots that didnt relly know bout islam but straitght away said cannot

jimmies will be rustled. I remember there was a case of a malay girl holding a baby pig and a malay guy rearing dogs. butthurts were imminent.

you'll have easier time keeping a hunky as pet.

This post has been edited by LamboSama: Jan 25 2013, 01:07 PM

nice explanation

good effort bro..im with you

got something to do with earth and repetition of 7 times or something like that

this is gonna be funneh

anjeeeeeeeeng

please dont eat every single food that comes and grows on the ground.including animals and crops.coz i afraid they contaminated with e.coli as you mentioned..thanks

Read please~~
http://s3molina.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/a...ah-untuk-samak/

even chinese touch dog also wash hand...

Yes muslim can bela ayam for safety or their jaga their kebun, rumah, tanah, for hunting, but not as pet.

boleh tapi ts kena cuci after holding em

like what others have said. for specific use like hunting sure can but no as pets.t

I STILL do not see that article say washing with soil is better than washing with soap. Show me ONE article, just ONE that says using dirt to wash your hands is BETTER THAN USING SOAP. Believe you me, I've tried "soil better than soap", "dirt better than soap" and "clay better than soap", and the results are a BIG FAT ZERO.

After all, the whole purpose of samak is to clean your the germs off your hands, right?
This is called solipsism, you only see things you want to see. That article says mud harnessed to fight infectsion. First of all, you don't even know what kind of mud they are referring to or its application. Secondly... dog saliva is NOT an infection. That's using the wrong tool to do the wrong job. Why not I help u samak your hands with a sand blaster and see how sparkly clean your hands will be.


See, this is what is wrong with Islam, it's a non-progressive religion. The practitioners will rather stick to old obsolete beliefs rather than use their own brains to think logically.

its not period "NO".. for muslim, its troublesome to samak everytime we touch the dog.. if u hav the time and effort to samak, u can keep a dog to watch your house.. but again, its not a pet like cats.. u can keep it should you had a valid reason

lolz anyone can take care of dog,just follow the islam rule.