Is there a report that the urine of camels contains a cure?
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The questioner : Shaykh, if you permit, there is a report that the urine of camels contains a cure. Is this a hadith?
The Shaykh : If you mean, that is...
The questioner : In the urine of camels.
The Shaykh : If you mean that the urine of camels contains a cure, I do not recall the exact wording of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at this moment. However, that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described it as such is correct, and it is in al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The questioner : How did that happen, if you permit?
The Shaykh : The story is well known from the hadith of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him). A group from the Arab tribe of the 'Uraynah, who were known by that name, descended upon Madinah and found the climate unsuitable for them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to go outside Madinah, drink from the urine of the camels—which belonged to the Muslim treasury—and treat themselves with their urine. They did so, and they were cured. Then they rebelled and transgressed, killing the shepherd who served them and provided them with milk and the cure. This is what happened because of the urine: they killed the shepherd, drove off the camels, and fled. Then the news reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he sent men after them until they were captured. They were then killed and mutilated: their eyes were gouged out, their ears cut off, and they were thrown into the volcanic rock. The volcanic rock is known for the heat rising from beneath and the heat from above, and they died a wretched death. Naturally, the scholars say that this was a specific punishment for this type of people who repaid kindness with evil.
The point is that when these people descended upon Madinah, they fell ill, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed that they treat themselves with the urine of camels. In my opinion, this is still known today in the Arab desert. I do not remember clearly now whether I was told this or saw it with my own eyes, but perhaps some of those present know that some of them, when they milk a she-camel into a basin, go to the tail of the she-camel and stir the milk with it, as if there were sugar in it that they wanted to mix in, so that some of the traces of the urine mix with this milk and they drink it. It seems that this is established in the mind through experience. And there is no doubt that the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is the greatest evidence for this matter.
The Shaykh : So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described this, but as for the specific wording "in the urine of camels is a cure," I do not remember now if it is established or not. But its meaning is as clear as the sun at noon.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : On more than one occasion during my trip to Kuwait, I remember two incidents in Kuwait. They said that either their son or their brother was afflicted with cancer, so they confined him to camel milk and camel urine for six months.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : And he was cured.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : And he says, "I am so-and-so, son of so-and-so."
The Shaykh : It is a new place, O Abu Ahmad.
The questioner : A good tradition.
The questioner : And he used to ask the doctors to investigate this matter.
The Shaykh : And they have not investigated it yet, of course.
The questioner : Until a Westerner comes and investigates, and then we discover that there is a hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes, the first and second incidents.
The questioner : They are two similar incidents, the same thing.
The Shaykh: It is the same thing.
The questioner : The same thing, and people pass it around in Kuwait; they pass this around.
The questioner : I think Abd al-Rahman al-Khadhr described something like this with people, I mean.
The questioner : In the Emirates, Shaykh, they drink it.
The questioner : The Peninsula is known among the people of the Peninsula.
The Shaykh : That is what I know.
The questioner : Yes, this is known among the people of the Peninsula.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : And you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If you mean, that is...
The questioner : In the urine of camels.
The Shaykh : If you mean that the urine of camels contains a cure, I do not recall the exact wording of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at this moment. However, that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described it as such is correct, and it is in al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The questioner : How did that happen, if you permit?
The Shaykh : The story is well known from the hadith of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him). A group from the Arab tribe of the 'Uraynah, who were known by that name, descended upon Madinah and found the climate unsuitable for them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to go outside Madinah, drink from the urine of the camels—which belonged to the Muslim treasury—and treat themselves with their urine. They did so, and they were cured. Then they rebelled and transgressed, killing the shepherd who served them and provided them with milk and the cure. This is what happened because of the urine: they killed the shepherd, drove off the camels, and fled. Then the news reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he sent men after them until they were captured. They were then killed and mutilated: their eyes were gouged out, their ears cut off, and they were thrown into the volcanic rock. The volcanic rock is known for the heat rising from beneath and the heat from above, and they died a wretched death. Naturally, the scholars say that this was a specific punishment for this type of people who repaid kindness with evil.
The point is that when these people descended upon Madinah, they fell ill, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed that they treat themselves with the urine of camels. In my opinion, this is still known today in the Arab desert. I do not remember clearly now whether I was told this or saw it with my own eyes, but perhaps some of those present know that some of them, when they milk a she-camel into a basin, go to the tail of the she-camel and stir the milk with it, as if there were sugar in it that they wanted to mix in, so that some of the traces of the urine mix with this milk and they drink it. It seems that this is established in the mind through experience. And there is no doubt that the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is the greatest evidence for this matter.
The Shaykh : So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) described this, but as for the specific wording "in the urine of camels is a cure," I do not remember now if it is established or not. But its meaning is as clear as the sun at noon.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : On more than one occasion during my trip to Kuwait, I remember two incidents in Kuwait. They said that either their son or their brother was afflicted with cancer, so they confined him to camel milk and camel urine for six months.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : And he was cured.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : And he says, "I am so-and-so, son of so-and-so."
The Shaykh : It is a new place, O Abu Ahmad.
The questioner : A good tradition.
The questioner : And he used to ask the doctors to investigate this matter.
The Shaykh : And they have not investigated it yet, of course.
The questioner : Until a Westerner comes and investigates, and then we discover that there is a hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes, the first and second incidents.
The questioner : They are two similar incidents, the same thing.
The Shaykh: It is the same thing.
The questioner : The same thing, and people pass it around in Kuwait; they pass this around.
The questioner : I think Abd al-Rahman al-Khadhr described something like this with people, I mean.
The questioner : In the Emirates, Shaykh, they drink it.
The questioner : The Peninsula is known among the people of the Peninsula.
The Shaykh : That is what I know.
The questioner : Yes, this is known among the people of the Peninsula.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : And you, Shaykh.
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