The ruling on irrigating crops with untreated sewage
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The questioner:
What is the ruling on irrigating crops with sewage water without treatment?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to water trees and orchards whose fruit is eaten with impure substances, because this results in impurity entering the fruit, which the fruit absorbs as nourishment, making the fruit impure by association. Therefore, it is not permissible to fertilize orchards with impurities, nor to water them with impure water, because this produces impure and corrupt fruit.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
There is no god but Allah.
What is the ruling on irrigating crops with sewage water without treatment?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to water trees and orchards whose fruit is eaten with impure substances, because this results in impurity entering the fruit, which the fruit absorbs as nourishment, making the fruit impure by association. Therefore, it is not permissible to fertilize orchards with impurities, nor to water them with impure water, because this produces impure and corrupt fruit.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
There is no god but Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 63 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الأطعمة|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:10)
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