Source: Fatāwā ʿUlamāʾ-e-Ahl-e-Ḥadīth, Kitāb al-Ṭahārah, Volume 1, Page 27
It is reported in Ḥadīth that drinking camel urine is permitted for a patient. However, since it is something naturally repugnant (makrūh), how can it be considered permissible? Also, Hindus give cow urine to women in the state of postnatal bleeding—should this not be objected to?
Camel urine has been declared permissible in the Ḥadīth for medicinal use.
This permission is restricted to treatment only, and not for regular consumption or as a common beverage.
✔ If someone finds camel urine naturally repulsive, they are not obliged to consume it.
✔ However, one must believe in its permissibility, as it is proven by Sharīʿah.
✔ This ruling applies to other pure animals as well, such as cow and goat urine.
لَا بَأْسَ بِبَوْلِ مَا يُؤْكَلُ لَحْمُهُ
(Fatāwā Thanāʾiyyah, Volume 1, Page 555)
Translation:
“There is no harm in the urine of an animal whose meat is lawful to consume.”
Hindus make women in postnatal bleeding drink cow urine as part of religious rituals, based on their theological beliefs. In contrast, Islam permits the use of such substances purely for medical treatment, under Sharʿi evidence, and not due to religious symbolism or innovation.
“The answer is correct” — Ali Muhammad Saeedi, Jamia Saeedia, Khanewal, West Pakistan
❖ Question
It is reported in Ḥadīth that drinking camel urine is permitted for a patient. However, since it is something naturally repugnant (makrūh), how can it be considered permissible? Also, Hindus give cow urine to women in the state of postnatal bleeding—should this not be objected to?
❖ Answer
Camel urine has been declared permissible in the Ḥadīth for medicinal use.
This permission is restricted to treatment only, and not for regular consumption or as a common beverage.
❖ Sharʿi Ruling
✔ If someone finds camel urine naturally repulsive, they are not obliged to consume it.
✔ However, one must believe in its permissibility, as it is proven by Sharīʿah.
✔ This ruling applies to other pure animals as well, such as cow and goat urine.
❖ Ḥadīth Reference
لَا بَأْسَ بِبَوْلِ مَا يُؤْكَلُ لَحْمُهُ
(Fatāwā Thanāʾiyyah, Volume 1, Page 555)
Translation:
“There is no harm in the urine of an animal whose meat is lawful to consume.”
❖ Response to the Objection
Hindus make women in postnatal bleeding drink cow urine as part of religious rituals, based on their theological beliefs. In contrast, Islam permits the use of such substances purely for medical treatment, under Sharʿi evidence, and not due to religious symbolism or innovation.
❖ Verification
“The answer is correct” — Ali Muhammad Saeedi, Jamia Saeedia, Khanewal, West Pakistan
