What is the ruling on eating food that contains camphor?
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Question:
We have a restaurant in one of the universities where camphor is added to the food to reduce the young men’s desire. What is the ruling on eating this food?
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is perhaps a plot by the enemies who want to cut off the lineage of the Muslims. So do not eat from this food in which this substance has been put. If they are serious, meaning in the interest of the youth, they separate the women from the men; they do not allow mixed education. And they give the youth camphor. These are two crimes: the crime of free mixing and the crime of cutting off the lineage. This is not permissible for them. If they were serious, they would keep the women separate in a school of their own, with women teaching them, and they would keep the youth separate, with men teaching them. This is the solution prescribed by the Shari'ah.
We have a restaurant in one of the universities where camphor is added to the food to reduce the young men’s desire. What is the ruling on eating this food?
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is perhaps a plot by the enemies who want to cut off the lineage of the Muslims. So do not eat from this food in which this substance has been put. If they are serious, meaning in the interest of the youth, they separate the women from the men; they do not allow mixed education. And they give the youth camphor. These are two crimes: the crime of free mixing and the crime of cutting off the lineage. This is not permissible for them. If they were serious, they would keep the women separate in a school of their own, with women teaching them, and they would keep the youth separate, with men teaching them. This is the solution prescribed by the Shari'ah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الأكل من طعام به كافور؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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