A man who broke his fast every day of Ramadan with food containing camel meat, unaware of its presence in the food, and then prayed Maghrib: what is the ruling on his action?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. A man says he broke his fast every day of Ramadan with food containing camel meat, unaware of its presence in the food, and then prayed Maghrib. What is the ruling on his action? Does he have to repeat his prayer? And what is the ruling if he was unaware that camel meat invalidates the ablution?
The Shaykh : Yes, first we ask: does camel meat invalidate the ablution? Yes, we need evidence, because camel meat is undoubtedly among the good things. It is slaughtered as an offering to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and eaten. And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:103] So it is among the good things. How is it that if a person eats it, his ablution is invalidated? If he ate pork, his ablution would not be invalidated? Who has the evidence? Please, come up.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, perfect. We say we have evidence, and the ruling belongs to whom?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : To Allah and His Messenger. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was asked: "Do I have to perform ablution from meats?" A questioner asked him: "Do I have to perform ablution from the meat of sheep?" He said: "If you wish," meaning: perform ablution if you wish, or do not perform ablution, meaning it is not obligatory. Then he said: "Do I have to perform ablution from the meat of camels?" He said: "Yes," meaning: perform ablution. If it had not been obligatory, it would have been subject to the person's choice. So when he said "Yes," we know that it is obligatory and not subject to the person's choice. Also, a sound hadith was reported: So now it is clear to us that ablution from camel meat is obligatory. Now, if someone says: in the Sunan, from Jabir ibn Abdullah or Jabir ibn Samurah: "The last of the two matters from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was leaving off ablution from what has been touched by fire" The last of the two matters, so the obligation of ablution from camel meat has been abrogated. We say: Glory be to Allah, this is a mistake. Does this hadith of Jabir say that the last of the two matters was leaving off ablution from camel meat? He said: "from what has been touched by fire" And the discussion is about camel meat. That is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) first ordered ablution from everything touched by fire, so that if a person ate a loaf of bread, he would perform ablution. Then the last of the two matters was that he left off ablution from what has been touched by fire. As for camel meat, its evidence is independent. Now, if it invalidates the ablution, and a person ate from it and did not perform ablution and prayed, either unaware of it, not knowing that it was camel meat, or unaware of the ruling, is he sinful?
Answer: No, he is not sinful because he is ignorant. But does he have to perform ablution and repeat the prayer?
Answer: Yes, just as if he had broken his ablution with urine or feces and was unaware that it invalidates the ablution and prayed, he has to repeat the prayer.
So we say to this questioner: you have to repeat the prayer for all the past days in which you ate camel meat and did not know about it and did not perform ablution. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Now, does he have to repeat the prayer in every time with its corresponding prayer, or does he perform them all in sequence?
Answer: He performs them all in sequence. He can pray them all in the forenoon of one day. Yes.
The questioner : The questioner says.
The Shaykh : Look, what time is it now? Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, first we ask: does camel meat invalidate the ablution? Yes, we need evidence, because camel meat is undoubtedly among the good things. It is slaughtered as an offering to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and eaten. And Allah the Exalted said:
Allah has not appointed [such innovations as] bahirah or sa'ibah or wasilah or ham
ما جعل الله من بحيرة ولا سائبة ولا وصيلة ولا حامThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, perfect. We say we have evidence, and the ruling belongs to whom?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : To Allah and His Messenger. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was asked: "Do I have to perform ablution from meats?" A questioner asked him: "Do I have to perform ablution from the meat of sheep?" He said: "If you wish," meaning: perform ablution if you wish, or do not perform ablution, meaning it is not obligatory. Then he said: "Do I have to perform ablution from the meat of camels?" He said: "Yes," meaning: perform ablution. If it had not been obligatory, it would have been subject to the person's choice. So when he said "Yes," we know that it is obligatory and not subject to the person's choice. Also, a sound hadith was reported:
Perform wudu' from camel meat
توضؤوا من لحوم الإبلAnswer: No, he is not sinful because he is ignorant. But does he have to perform ablution and repeat the prayer?
Answer: Yes, just as if he had broken his ablution with urine or feces and was unaware that it invalidates the ablution and prayed, he has to repeat the prayer.
So we say to this questioner: you have to repeat the prayer for all the past days in which you ate camel meat and did not know about it and did not perform ablution. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Now, does he have to repeat the prayer in every time with its corresponding prayer, or does he perform them all in sequence?
Answer: He performs them all in sequence. He can pray them all in the forenoon of one day. Yes.
The questioner : The questioner says.
The Shaykh : Look, what time is it now? Yes.