Burning animal dung with fire
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is stated in the hadith that using animal dung for istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) is forbidden. Is it permissible to burn animal dung with fire to drive away mosquitoes or other insects?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it. Fire is for people's needs; they cook on it. They used to cook on the dung of camels and cows; they would dry it and set fire to it and cook on it. There is no objection to wood. If the dung is pure, there is no objection. If the dung is impure, it is not permissible, because the smoke of the impure is impure. But pure dung, like the dung of camels and cows, there is nothing wrong with it. You may light a fire in it for a need, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is stated in the hadith that using animal dung for istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself) is forbidden. Is it permissible to burn animal dung with fire to drive away mosquitoes or other insects?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it. Fire is for people's needs; they cook on it. They used to cook on the dung of camels and cows; they would dry it and set fire to it and cook on it. There is no objection to wood. If the dung is pure, there is no objection. If the dung is impure, it is not permissible, because the smoke of the impure is impure. But pure dung, like the dung of camels and cows, there is nothing wrong with it. You may light a fire in it for a need, yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب وجوب الاستنجاء بالحجر أو الماء — islamhouse.com (1:01:07)
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