Camel meat is Halaal in Islam; Even its urine is considered taahir (pure) in Islam, It was stated in a hadith A few people came to Madinah and fell sick. The Prophet (pbuh) told them to drink the milk and urine of camels, and they recovered and grew fat. In the story it also says that they apostatized and killed the camel-herder, and then the Muslims caught them and executed them. Sahih Al-Bukhaari: 2855 Sahih Muslim: 1671
Camel’s urine is used in the treatment of various skin diseases such as ringworm, tinea and abscesses, sores that may appear on the body and hair, dry and wet ulcers. Camel’s milk is also beneficial in treating hepatitis, even if it has reached an advanced stage where medicine is unable to treat it. -Al-Dawah Magazine: Issue No: 1938, 25 Safar 1425 AH
There was this incidence that happened once, while our beloved Prophet (pbuh) was addressing people one day, one of them emitted an odour, the person was too shy to get up from the place and make wudu, hence the Prophet (pbuh) understood and tried to cover him up and said “Whoever eats camel meat should make wudu” A group of people hence left to make wudu and come back, This incidence has a point where the Prophet (pbuh), making wudu after eating camels meat is because, Camels meat is considered to be too warm for the human body, and eating it nullifies wudu as a person seems to emit odour often once camel meat is having had.
Some scholar’s do not agree on this incidence as they donot find the hadith to strongly support, but then there is an authentic hadith by Jabir wherein he states:
The Prophet (pbuh) was asked, “Should I do wudu after eating camel meat?” He said, “Yes.” The person said: “Should I do wudu after eating mutton?” He said, “If you wish.” -Sahih Muslim: 360
There is also another hadith according to which some scholars consider the former hadith as daleel, wherein Jabir states: The last of the two commands from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was that there was no need to do wudoo’ after eating food that had been touched by fire. -Abu Dawood:192; An-Nisaai:185
But there is no hadith specifically stating that says that one’s wudu doesn’t invalidate after eating Camel’s meat. And there is no hadith which states that the former hadith became abrogated. The hadith about doing wudu after eating camel meat is specific and a specific ruling takes precedence over a general one. -Sharh Muslim: 4/49
So, once anyone has had eaten camel’s meat he should re-perform his wudu if he/she was in a state of wudu, if he isn’t in a state of wudu he/she should perform wudu before starting prayer.
In Surat Al-Ghaashiyah verse 17 Allah calls upon us to ponder the creation of the camel, when He says: “Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?” When eating its meat invalidates wudu, there is a specific reason why prophet (pbuh) asked to perform wudu after eating Camel’s meat and Allah knows the best.
The matters which are specific, Qiyas* cannot be applied to them. And Allah knows best.
JaakaAllahu Khayrahn...
Qiyas: When it comes to legal rulings, judges are permitted to use analogy and reasoning to decide new case laws found upon the evidence of the Qur’an, the Sunnah and Ijma.
An example of today’s harmful effects of tobacco, the scholars have unanimously agreed that tobacco is haraam, as in the verse Allah swt states:
“for he(prophet) commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure) -Surat Ar’af: 157
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