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title = "Cleanliness Comes From Faith"
slug = "cleanliness-comes-from-faith"
date = 2017-07-25T16:15:22+03:00
images = ["IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"]
description = "Graffiti in downtown Amman encourages Jordanians to keep the city clean by appealing to their Muslim faith."
categories = ["Islam"]
tags = ["Graffiti", "Amman"]
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{{< figure src="IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" title="Graffiti in downtown Amman appeals to the faithful" alt="Graffiti with Arabic inscription depicting someone putting trash in a trash can" >}}

There is a popular notion that cleanliness is an important part of the Islamic faith, though you wouldn't know it from walking around Jordan. I have never seen people throw coffee cups, half-eaten sandwiches, tissues, etc on the street so carelessly — and often times with such <em>finesse</em> — as here in Jordan.

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I saw this graffiti while walking around downtown Amman and thought the irony was too much to not share it. Loosely translated (this apparently comes from the [words, actions, or habits of the prophet Muhammad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith)), it says "cleanliness comes from faith" (_al-nadafa min al-iman_).