The wisdom in the purity of camel urine and the prohibition of praying in their grazing grounds
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The questioner:
You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that camel urine is pure. Is this a matter of worship?
The Shaykh:
It is correct that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited praying in the grazing grounds of camels, and we do not assign a specific cause for this, and Allah knows best. They said that camels, meaning they seek for people the fact that it is the nature of camels to be wild and that shayatin (demons) mix with them, and therefore the permission to pray among them is lacking due to their harshness and roughness.
That is what distinguishes them from others. Because of the shaytanism in them, praying in their grazing grounds is prohibited, unlike sheep, which have calmness and tranquility, so a dispensation was given to pray in the grazing grounds of sheep. Some said it is so that camels do not come to him while he is praying and disturb his prayer, because camels are wild; if he prays among camels and restrains them, and they come while he is praying, they might kill him, so he avoids the places of camels. And the correct view is that there is no apparent cause, and Allah knows best. Why? This is like asking why one purifies oneself from camel meat and not from sheep meat? This is like silver, so the matter is one of worship. Yes.
You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that camel urine is pure. Is this a matter of worship?
The Shaykh:
It is correct that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited praying in the grazing grounds of camels, and we do not assign a specific cause for this, and Allah knows best. They said that camels, meaning they seek for people the fact that it is the nature of camels to be wild and that shayatin (demons) mix with them, and therefore the permission to pray among them is lacking due to their harshness and roughness.
That is what distinguishes them from others. Because of the shaytanism in them, praying in their grazing grounds is prohibited, unlike sheep, which have calmness and tranquility, so a dispensation was given to pray in the grazing grounds of sheep. Some said it is so that camels do not come to him while he is praying and disturb his prayer, because camels are wild; if he prays among camels and restrains them, and they come while he is praying, they might kill him, so he avoids the places of camels. And the correct view is that there is no apparent cause, and Allah knows best. Why? This is like asking why one purifies oneself from camel meat and not from sheep meat? This is like silver, so the matter is one of worship. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/17 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (57:16)
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