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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am looking for a progressive masjid, not so progressive that they have women leading salah. 
But one where the [b]aunties won't harass me for wearing nail polish in the prayer hall.
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You do know that the prohibition on nail polish is because the water creates a barrier to performing wudoo. [/quote]

Wudoo is such a weird, irrational thing. Going to the bathroom and farting break your wudoo, but none of the traditional ablutions have anything to do with your butt. I guess one could say "to make sure your hands are clean," but one should be doing that anyway after going to the bathroom.

So the idea of nail polish creating a barrier to performing wudoo is ridiculous. But I think most religion (Islam and other religions) are more about the ritual, than the rational. [/quote]

Uhm that is, because us Muslims do clean our butt whenever we go to the bathroom with WATER,  so no need to clean the butt while doing wudu and  your point is?  :roll: [/quote]

Yes, I understand. FYI I come from a Muslim family, so this isn't exactly a new subject to me. But it's still nonsensical why one has to go through the WHOLE routine after going to the bathroom. Or passing gas. Why do you have to wash your feet after you go to the bathroom? It makes no rational, logical sense. [/quote]

I don't think wudu is done just because you go to the bathroom  :P   the wudu is considered a ritual act of worship which is done with the intention of seeking the pleasure of Allah.When one intends to stand in ‘audience’ of the Lord Most Supreme in Prayer, the etiquette demanded by Islam is that one wear one’s beautiful apparel, and one cleanse and purify oneself before doing so. That's not really hard to do for one's lord  :P 
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What you say doesn't really matter - it's still an irrational ritual. What breaks wudu does not correlate to the wudu steps. It's really pretty random and strange. It's one thing to want to be clean before your god, and another thing entirely to have an irrational order of steps. You can throw in the prohibitions on praying while menstruating, or menstruation breaking wudu, or prohibition on touching the Quran while menstruating - they make no logical sense. But as previously stated, religion is often more concerned with the ritual, than the rational.

(And to add, "beautiful" is completely subjective, and many believe the entire opposite - you should be plain and simple and unadorned. [/quote]

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