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What is the wisdom behind the obligation of performing wudu' from eating camel meat?

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This brother is Sudanese and resides in Riyadh. He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the wisdom behind our performing wudu' from camel meat? And what is the meat from which we perform wudu', such as the tripe and the intestines, unlike sheep, goats, and cows?

The Shaykh:
Allah knows the wisdom best. We comply with the command even if we do not know the wisdom. The command to perform wudu' from eating camel meat has come; the authentic hadith obligates us to perform wudu' from camel meat when praying. If one eats it while in a state of wudu', his wudu' is invalidated, and he is required to perform wudu'. In language, "meat" refers to what is other than the internal organs, such as the intestines and the liver. If you appointed someone to buy meat for you and he bought you liver or intestines, the agency would not be valid. When "meat" is used in a general sense, it includes the known meat. Some scholars hold that the invalidation of wudu' includes everything eaten from the camel, even if it is from its intestines or liver. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh:
Perform wudu' from these things as a precaution, meaning from the liver and the intestines. If one performs wudu' as a precaution, that is good. Yes.

The questioner:
He says: unlike sheep, goats, and cows.

The Shaykh:
As for sheep and goats, there is no wudu' required from them. When asked, "Do you perform wudu' from the meat of sheep?" he said, "No. There is no wudu' required from the meat of sheep." Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7756- ما الحكمة من وجوب الوضوء من لحم الإبل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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