Benefits of Washing the Nose

The lungs need air free from pollution and it should contain 80% moisture and should be more than 90 degrees Fahrenheit. To attain this type of air, Allah عزوجل has blessed us with a nose. To make the air moist, the nose creates a quarter of gallon of moisture and the hair in the nostrils stop dirt going inside the lungs. There is a microscopic brush in the nose. This brush contains small particles which kill bacteria that travel through the air and enter the nose. These particles also defend the lysozyme, which assist and save the eyes from infection. Al-Hamdu-Lillah عزوجل, the one who does Wuzu, rinses his nose and due to this the nose is cleaned and due to the water entering the nose, a Muslim is saved from many illnesses of the nose. It is very beneficial for a person to do ‘Ghusl of the nose’ (to sniff water up the nose) if he suffers from wounds in the nose and from catarrh.