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What is the ruling on crops watered with sewage water, and is it permissible to feed them to animals or benefit from their milk and meat?

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Question:
A caller, may Allah keep you safe, asks about the ruling on crops watered with sewage water, and whether it is permissible to eat them or feed them to animals, or to benefit from the milk and meat of these animals, or is it not permissible? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If this water has been treated and purified, and the impurity in it has been removed, then there is no harm in that. However, if it remains in its state of impurity and contamination, or if it is permissible to eat what was watered with it—eating the fruit watered with it, or drinking the milk of an animal that drank from this impure water—such as the *jalalah* (animal that eats impure waste) about whose meat the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned.
The point is that if this sewage water has been purified and treated in a way that removes the harm and impurity from it, and it has become as it was originally, with no taste, smell, or color of impurity, then there is no harm in using it or eating the fruit watered with it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المزروعات التي تسقى بماء المجاري وهل يجوز إطعامها للحيوانات أو الانتفاع بلبنها ولحمها؟ — youtube.com

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