The "heart" of salat is the humble ( Sujud ) posture in which the person praying rests the knees, hands and forehead to the ground, thereby making it - according to a prophetic tradition - " when it is closer to God . Between obligatory and supererogatory prayers, day and night, in a day you can get to make even dozens of prostrations, in which the most pious believers are naturally inclined to linger for more than a few seconds, what is a predicament of exceptional intimacy with the Divine.
diligent daily practice may therefore result in the formation of slight calluses on my knees and forehead, near the areas affected by Sujud subject to repeated rubbing. When you are especially evident, these fronts are popularly known as callosities zabiba , " raisins", which may be more or less extended, depending on several factors "materials" : sensitivity skin, a special skin preparation, the fabric of the carpet ( Sajjad ) used for their prayers, or adopted by this or that mosque, and so on. It can therefore sometimes happen that a zabiba develops early, or that, conversely, does not become visible even after a long time. The calluses
fronts are also still explicitly named in the Qur'an:
"Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and those who are with him are severe with the deniers and merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrate, desiring the Grace of God and His pleasure, and their faces are marked from the trace of prostration " [al-Fath: 29]
How easy to understand, this is not just a" trace " natural: the sacred text at the same time always suggest different levels of reading. Some commentators have insisted then on " brightness of the face of those who dedicate themselves to contemplation often understood as a radiant serenity that emanates from the eyes, in the next life, moreover, will then be precisely this diffused light to differentiate between the contemplative among other believers. Other performers rather you have read the " traces" of fatigue, due to the long watches of the night - considered particularly meritorious, so to say allegorically, according to a prophetic tradition, that God is "closer to Earth " during the night, compared to the rest of the day. In any case, the meaning of "literal" of the verse is clear, however, and several commentators have explained precisely indicating the formation of a small callus on the forehead, at the area affected by sujud . 
Someone has noted the general absence of
zabibah the woman's face. In this regard, there are at least two aspects to consider, among others.
First, it is highly likely that most women who diligently perform the complex sequence of regular and special worship provided by Customs, are not women he can easily observe the opposite: especially for clothes modest, for a limited output frequency and contact with strangers to the family, to the awe in which they can induce, thus inhibiting staring directly into her face, and so on.
Moreover, the suspension of the ritual of daily worship during the menstrual period can certainly facilitate the absorption of any regular training callose, che invece nel caso degli uomini vengono ripetutamente stimolate senza alcuna interruzione - salvo in caso di grave malattia, di qualche forma di infermità, etc. Ma Iddio è più Sapiente.
V'è poi, infine, una consolidata tendenza a derubricare la zabibah ad espediente estetico, attraverso cui ostentare una supposta religiosità e riscuotere un qualche riconoscimento sociale. A tal proposito, si moltiplicano gli aneddoti satirici su coloro che si procurerebbero artificialmente delle cicatrici frontali, per ottenere un effetto analogo a quello dello sfregamento tipico della prosternazione rituale ( sujūd ).
There are at least two reasons to call, do so.
The Prophet Muhammad - on him be Peace and blessings of God - recommended to hand down its just a sentence or a single verse, because it is possible that those who receive a portion of the knowledge they can understand and receive more and better than the one who forwarded it. analogy, from the point of view "sociological," the production of a callus due to the Islamic religion will still be far preferable to an equivalent "performance" of designer clothes or high powered cars, witnesses two different ideas Company - Contemplative or consumer, in this case - and sending a clear incipit the context in which they live, these forms of "performance" in a completely different question those who come in contact, suggesting a "hierarchy of values \u200b\u200b " completely different . And it is certainly better than, for example, a teenager asks why so diligent in worship, rather than strive to raise the money to buy the latest model of sneakers worn by a classmate.
On the other hand, this clearly does not end the "spiritual" issue, but that reflects the face of the callus a callus heart - that the material signs of prostration actually corresponds to a corresponding " humiliation" interior of the believer before God (which is the core issue of faith) - is certainly not for me to judge or to anyone: the Niya, the spiritual intention to stop all acts of worship, is a secret exclusive between God and His servant. I can (I ) advise limit myself to my brother, to criticize it discreetly if I seem to see the errors, helping to correct where possible, but if I pretend to judge the intimate "quality" of his faith, then I'm dangerously combining the arrogance of Iblis, who said of our father Adam - Peace be upon him : "I am better than him" [al-A ° RAF: 12] . And God said who presumptuously claimed that a certain person would never be forgiven by Him: " I've already forgiven, and you [to the arrogance shown towards him] you must also meet its shortcomings ! .
