Baptism

===Islamic practice of wudu===
Many Islamic scholars such as Shaikh [[Bawa Muhaiyaddeen]] have compared the Islamic practice of [[wudu]] to a baptism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmf.org/shop/four-steps-to-pure-iman/|title=Four Steps to Pure Iman|date=January 1, 1979}}</ref> [[Wudu]] is a practice that Muslims practice to go from ritual impurity to ritual purity. Ritual purity is required for [[Salah]] (praying) and also to hold a physical copy of the [[Quran|Qur’an]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2023 |title=Muwatta Malik 15:2 |url=https://sunnah.com/malik/15/2 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Sunnah.com}}</ref> and so wudu is often done before salah. However, it is permissible to pray more than one salah without repeating wudu, as long as ritual purity is not broken, for example by using the bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2023 |title=iium.edu book 2 |url=https://www.iium.edu.my/deed/lawbase/risalah_maliki/book02.html#:~:text=You%20have%20to%20do%20wudu,or%20not%20with%20a%20sound. }}</ref>

Another similar purification ritual is [[ghusl]], which takes someone from major ritual impurity (janabah) to lesser ritual impurity, which is then purified by wudu. If one is in a state of janabah, both ghusl and wudu are required if one wants to pray.

Although original sin does not exist in Islam, wudu is widely regarded to remove sins. In a [[Hadith terminology|Sahih]] hadith, [[Muhammad]] says "Whenever a man performs his ablution intending to pray and he washes his hands, the sins of his hands fall down with the first drop. When he rinses his mouth and nose, the sins of his tongue and lips fall down with the first drop. When he washes his face, the sins of his hearing and sight fall down with the first drop. When he washes his arms to his elbows and his feet to his ankles, he is purified from every sin and fault like the day he was born from his mother. If he stands for prayer, Allah will raise his status by a degree. If he sits, he will sit in peace."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2019/07/30/wudu-washes-away-sins/|title=Hadith on Ablution: Sins washed away by first drop of water|first=Abu Amina|last=Elias|date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>