Eating vegetables and fruits watered with sewage
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on eating vegetables and fruits that grow in sewage water, whether before or after treatment?
The Shaykh:
Before.
The questioner:
Or after it.
The Shaykh:
And Allah, avoid this, even from a health perspective. Avoid that which is nourished by impurities. Legally, it is not permissible to eat what is nourished by impurities. For this reason, the noble camel does not drink its milk until it is confined and fed on clean fodder. So what grows from impurities is not permissible to eat, and this includes what grows in the sewers. As for the treated water, I do not know about it; they say it is treated and that the impurities have been removed, but I do not know about this. The default is that it is not permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on eating vegetables and fruits that grow in sewage water, whether before or after treatment?
The Shaykh:
Before.
The questioner:
Or after it.
The Shaykh:
And Allah, avoid this, even from a health perspective. Avoid that which is nourished by impurities. Legally, it is not permissible to eat what is nourished by impurities. For this reason, the noble camel does not drink its milk until it is confined and fed on clean fodder. So what grows from impurities is not permissible to eat, and this includes what grows in the sewers. As for the treated water, I do not know about it; they say it is treated and that the impurities have been removed, but I do not know about this. The default is that it is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: وللقصاص أربعة شروط — islamhouse.com (1:12:53)
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