Is eating the liver and spleen of camels, and what is not called meat, a nullifier of the ablution?
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The questioner : As for the liver, the spleen, and what is not meat, there are two views, not two narrations. The difference between the two narrations and the two views is that the two narrations are from Imam Ahmad, while the two views are from the followers of Imam Ahmad.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. The correct view is that ablution is obligatory after eating the liver, spleen, intestines, stomach, and similar things, because they are part of the camel's meat. In fact, if we compare pure meat with the rest, the rest is equal to it or even more so. The camel has a lot of fat, intestines, stomach, liver, head, and many other things that are not called meat in common usage. So how can the Shari'ah make it obligatory?
Ablution is required from camel meat, and then we apply this to the least of it. This is contrary to what is customary. Furthermore, it is analogous to pork, for when Allah forbade pork, it became a general prohibition for all its parts. Also, there is no animal in the Islamic Shari'ah whose parts differ in permissibility, prohibition, or effect. In the Jewish Shari'ah, there is[Al-An'am 6:146] But in our Shari'ah, the animal is one; all its parts are the same in permissibility and prohibition. There is no animal where some of it is lawful and some is forbidden. Likewise, regarding the effect of eating, there is nothing where some of its meat has an effect and some does not, except this disputed issue. The correct view is that it is general: all parts of the camel nullify the ablution. But here, is a person required to ask when he eats food at someone's house, saying, "What is your meat?" No, he is not required to. But is the owner of the place required to inform them? Yes, he is required to, just as if he saw impure water and someone wanted to use it, he is required to warn them, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah 5:2] And this is part of righteousness: that a person performs ablution after eating camel meat.
The questioner : What does he say to him if he wants to warn him?
The Shaykh : This is meat. Yes, indeed. And some of the common people say, "This is a bleat, not a bray."
The questioner : Yes, do you know it, O...?
The Shaykh : The camel has a bray that raises its voice, called a bray. And the sheep bleats.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. The correct view is that ablution is obligatory after eating the liver, spleen, intestines, stomach, and similar things, because they are part of the camel's meat. In fact, if we compare pure meat with the rest, the rest is equal to it or even more so. The camel has a lot of fat, intestines, stomach, liver, head, and many other things that are not called meat in common usage. So how can the Shari'ah make it obligatory?
Ablution is required from camel meat, and then we apply this to the least of it. This is contrary to what is customary. Furthermore, it is analogous to pork, for when Allah forbade pork, it became a general prohibition for all its parts. Also, there is no animal in the Islamic Shari'ah whose parts differ in permissibility, prohibition, or effect. In the Jewish Shari'ah, there is
And to those who are Jews We prohibited every animal of uncloven hoof; and of the cattle and the sheep We prohibited to them their fat
وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِي ظُفُرٍ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَاAnd cooperate in righteousness and piety
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰThe questioner : What does he say to him if he wants to warn him?
The Shaykh : This is meat. Yes, indeed. And some of the common people say, "This is a bleat, not a bray."
The questioner : Yes, do you know it, O...?
The Shaykh : The camel has a bray that raises its voice, called a bray. And the sheep bleats.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 355 - هل أكل كبد وطحال الإبل وما لا يُسمى لحماً ينقض الوضوء؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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