Some women eat dirt, especially the Bedouins in the Nafud region. Is it said to them that this is forbidden?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Some women eat dirt, especially the Bedouins in the Nafud region. Is it said to them that this is forbidden?
Answer:
Dirt. From a health perspective, this is a matter for doctors to review. If it harms health, it is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:195] If it harms health, it is not permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Some women eat dirt, especially the Bedouins in the Nafud region. Is it said to them that this is forbidden?
Answer:
Dirt. From a health perspective, this is a matter for doctors to review. If it harms health, it is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said:
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [179 -954] بعض النساء يأكلن التراب خصوصا البدو في أرض النفود، فهل يقال لهن: إن ذلك حرام؟ — youtube.com
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