❖ Question: Did the Earth Consume the Noble Prophet's ﷺ Excreta?
Source: Fatāwā Amaanpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amaanpuri
Is it true that the earth would consume the excreta of the Noble Prophet ﷺ?
There is no authentic evidence to support this claim.
“Whenever the Prophet ﷺ went to relieve himself, I would later enter the place, but I would see nothing (no traces of urine or stool), except that I would smell fragrance. I mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: ‘ʿĀ’ishah, do you not know? Our (the Prophets’) bodies are nourished by the souls of Paradise. Whatever comes out from our bodies is swallowed by the earth.’”
Source: Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah by al-Bayhaqī: 6/70
⚠ Status of the Narration: Fabricated
◉ Ḥusayn bin ʿAlwān is a liar (kadhdhāb).
◉ Ḥāfiẓ al-Bayhaqī himself declared this narration as mawḍūʿ (fabricated).
This narration appears through multiple fabricated chains in different sources:
Status: Fabricated
◉ ʿAnbasah bin ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Qurashī — abandoned and a liar (matrūk wa kadhdhāb)
◉ Muḥammad bin Zādhān al-Madanī — abandoned (matrūk)
In the narration reported by Imām Abū Nuʿaym al-Aṣbahānī, the following weak narrators appear:
◉ ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Khazzāz — unreliable (ghayr thiqah wa ghayr muʿtabar)
◉ Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Madanī — unknown (majhūl)
Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr also graded this hadith as weak.
(Al-Istīʿāb: 4080)
Severely weak
◉ Manhāl bin ʿUbayd Allāh — no reliable biographical data
◉ The teacher of Manhāl — ambiguous and unknown
Quoted from Al-Afrād by al-Dāraquṭnī
Status: Severely Weak
◉ Muḥammad bin Ḥassān al-Umawī — no authentication found
Ḥāfiẓ Ibn al-Jawzī explicitly declares this narration as weak and unauthentic.
"The excreta of the Prophet ﷺ would be consumed by the earth."
Source: Imtāʿ al-Asmāʿ by al-Maqrīzī: 5/302
Status: Fabricated
◉ Muḥammad bin Sāʾib al-Kalbī — abandoned and a liar (matrūk, kadhdhāb)
◉ Abū Ṣāliḥ Bādhām — weak and confused (ḍaʿīf, mukhṭaliṭ)
◉ There is no established hearing (samāʿ) between Abū Ṣāliḥ and Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما
Source: Narrated by al-Khaṭīb from Ruwāt Mālik, quoted in Al-Ziyādāt ʿalā al-Mawḍūʿāt by al-Suyūṭī: p. 250
Status: Severely Weak
◉ ʿAbd Allāh bin Layth al-Istrābādhī — no verification found
◉ Isḥāq bin Ṣalaṭ — unreliable, unauthenticated
"Isḥāq bin Ṣalaṭ narrated from Imām Mālik a severely objectionable narration. The chain is extremely obscure ( مظلم )."
Source: Mīzān al-Iʿtidāl: 1/192
There is no authentic or reliable narration proving that the earth would consume the excreta of the Prophet ﷺ.
All such narrations are either:
Therefore, this belief has no basis in authentic Islamic tradition.
وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَابِ
Source: Fatāwā Amaanpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amaanpuri❖ The Question:
Is it true that the earth would consume the excreta of the Noble Prophet ﷺ?
❖ The Answer:
There is no authentic evidence to support this claim.
❖ Fabricated Narration Attributed to Sayyidah ‘Ā’ishah رضي الله عنها:
“Whenever the Prophet ﷺ went to relieve himself, I would later enter the place, but I would see nothing (no traces of urine or stool), except that I would smell fragrance. I mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: ‘ʿĀ’ishah, do you not know? Our (the Prophets’) bodies are nourished by the souls of Paradise. Whatever comes out from our bodies is swallowed by the earth.’”
Source: Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah by al-Bayhaqī: 6/70⚠ Status of the Narration: Fabricated
◉ Ḥusayn bin ʿAlwān is a liar (kadhdhāb).
◉ Ḥāfiẓ al-Bayhaqī himself declared this narration as mawḍūʿ (fabricated).
❖ Other Fabricated Chains:
This narration appears through multiple fabricated chains in different sources:
① Ṭabaqāt Ibn Saʿd (1/135)
② Dalā’il al-Nubuwwah by Abū Nuʿaym (p. 364)
③ Al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ by Ṭabarānī (ḥadīth no. 7835)
Status: Fabricated
◉ ʿAnbasah bin ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Qurashī — abandoned and a liar (matrūk wa kadhdhāb)
◉ Muḥammad bin Zādhān al-Madanī — abandoned (matrūk)
❖ Chain Mentioned in Al-Khaṣā’iṣ al-Kubrā by al-Suyūṭī (1/121):
In the narration reported by Imām Abū Nuʿaym al-Aṣbahānī, the following weak narrators appear:
◉ ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Khazzāz — unreliable (ghayr thiqah wa ghayr muʿtabar)
◉ Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Madanī — unknown (majhūl)
Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr also graded this hadith as weak.(Al-Istīʿāb: 4080)
❖ Narration in Al-Mustadrak by al-Ḥākim (ḥadīth no. 6950):
Severely weak
◉ Manhāl bin ʿUbayd Allāh — no reliable biographical data
◉ The teacher of Manhāl — ambiguous and unknown
❖ Narration in Al-ʿIlal al-Mutanāhiyah by Ibn al-Jawzī (1/182):
Quoted from Al-Afrād by al-Dāraquṭnī
Status: Severely Weak
◉ Muḥammad bin Ḥassān al-Umawī — no authentication found
Ḥāfiẓ Ibn al-Jawzī explicitly declares this narration as weak and unauthentic.❖ Related Narration Attributed to Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما:
"The excreta of the Prophet ﷺ would be consumed by the earth."
Source: Imtāʿ al-Asmāʿ by al-Maqrīzī: 5/302Status: Fabricated
◉ Muḥammad bin Sāʾib al-Kalbī — abandoned and a liar (matrūk, kadhdhāb)
◉ Abū Ṣāliḥ Bādhām — weak and confused (ḍaʿīf, mukhṭaliṭ)
◉ There is no established hearing (samāʿ) between Abū Ṣāliḥ and Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما
❖ Another Narration Attributed to Jābir bin ʿAbd Allāh رضي الله عنه:
Source: Narrated by al-Khaṭīb from Ruwāt Mālik, quoted in Al-Ziyādāt ʿalā al-Mawḍūʿāt by al-Suyūṭī: p. 250Status: Severely Weak
◉ ʿAbd Allāh bin Layth al-Istrābādhī — no verification found
◉ Isḥāq bin Ṣalaṭ — unreliable, unauthenticated
❖ Statement of Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī رحمه الله:
"Isḥāq bin Ṣalaṭ narrated from Imām Mālik a severely objectionable narration. The chain is extremely obscure ( مظلم )."
Source: Mīzān al-Iʿtidāl: 1/192❖ Conclusion:
There is no authentic or reliable narration proving that the earth would consume the excreta of the Prophet ﷺ.
All such narrations are either:
- Fabricated (موضوع)
- Severely weak (سند میں سخت ضعف)
- Or include liars, abandoned, or unknown narrators.
Therefore, this belief has no basis in authentic Islamic tradition.
وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِالصَّوَابِ
