الفهرس 
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Abstract
The public Hammams were civil buildings that had been spread in the Islamic City for the functional needs related to the Islam call for clean and ablution in addition to; the people was not able to include their houses private Hammams; and those who able to build them wanted to invest their money because these Hammams gain much money as they are needed intensely. Therefore, the numbers of Hammams were increased in the Islamic Cities as the statistics of the Arab sources mention concerning the large numbers of the Hammams of Basrah, Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, Fas and Granada. The Arab Muslims have known the Hammams since the commencements of the first century after Hegira, agreeing the seventh century A.D as it is found more than one Hammam in some cities that the Muslims had built in their countries; namely, Hammam Ayyad Iben Ghanam in Jerusalem and Hammam Amr Ibn Alas in Fostat in addition to it had been found three Hammams in Basrah. The distribution of Hammams in the Islamic City comes according to the many considerations, population density in addition to their spreading near by mosques to meets the needs of the prayers for the ablution before pray.