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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Eating camel meat invalidates the wudu, and mentioning the wisdom behind that

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The Shaykh : Third: Eating camel meat, whether eaten raw or cooked, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Perform wudu' from camel meat توضؤوا من لحوم الإبل
And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He was asked, "Do you perform wudu from camel meat?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Do you perform wudu from sheep meat?" He said, "If you wish." سئل أنتوضأ من لحوم الإبل ؟ قال : نعم قال أتوضأ من لحوم الغنم ؟ قال : إن شئت
The indication is that camel meat invalidates [the wudu] because when he made sheep meat subject to choice, it indicated that camel meat is not subject to choice. This means that a person is obligated to perform wudu from it. Clear.
Does camel meat invalidate the wudu? Yes, because the Messenger said so. So if someone asks, what is the wisdom in camel meat invalidating the wudu?
The answer: We say the wisdom is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it, and he is the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him). So whatever He legislated is the legislation of Allah. And Allah the Exalted said:
But who is better than Allah in judgement ومن أحسن من الله حكما
[Al-Ma'idah 5:50]
And He said:
Is not Allah the most just of judges? أليس الله بأحكم الحاكمين
[At-Tin 95:8]
So the wisdom is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it. Every believer, if I say this wisdom, will he be convinced or not? He will be convinced. The evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair وما كان لمؤمن ولا مؤمنة إذا قضى الله ورسوله أمرا أن يكون لهم الخيرة من أمرهم
[Al-Ahzab 33:36]
They have no choice or selection of anything else; they submit and accept. And Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked, "Why does the menstruating woman make up the fast but not the prayer?" She said:
we were ordered to complete the fasts, but were not ordered to complete the prayers. كان يصيبنا ذلك فكنا نؤمر بقضاء الصوم ولا نؤمر بقضاء الصلاة
Sahih Muslim 335c
End. As long as this is the command of Allah and His Messenger, we have no choice in that. This is the convincing answer for every believer. But if someone says, "Yes, I believe in that and I am convinced and I will perform wudu, but give me a wisdom so that my faith increases, for the believer asks about the wisdom to increase his faith, not to reject the ruling if he does not know the wisdom. So there is no blame on him if he asks about the wisdom. Yes. And for this reason, when they said, "O Messenger of Allah, is it permissible to sell fresh dates for dried dates?" He said to them:
Will the fresh dates shrink when they are dry ?" They said yes, so he forbade that. أينقص غذا جف ؟ قالوا نعم فنهى عن ذلك
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1225Hasan (Darussalam)
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) could have said from the start, "No, it is not permissible to sell fresh dates for dried dates," but he wanted to clarify the wisdom for them so that their tranquility would increase. And He the Exalted said:
Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine قل لا أجد فيما أوحي إلي محرما إلا أن يكون ميتة أو دما مسفوحا أو لحم خنزير
[Al-An'am 6:145]
Complete
for it is an abomination فإنه رجس
It is sufficient for us to know that Allah has forbidden it, but He said, "for it is an abomination," to increase tranquility. So if a questioner asks, "What is the wisdom in camel meat invalidating the wudu?" We say the wisdom is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded it. So if he says, "Is there a meaning we know?" What is the answer? A meaning we know, why does it invalidate the wudu? What is it? Yes.
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : Yes, okay, rest. Did you hear him say that it is because there is a satanic strength in camels, as the Messenger said:
for they were created from the devils إنها خلقت من الشياطين
Sunan Ibn Majah 769Hasan (Darussalam)
It came like this from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in a hadith with some discussion. This is how some scholars explained it. And for this reason, contemporary doctors prohibit a nervous person from eating anything of camel meat or eating a lot of it, because it excites the nerves, and wudu calms the nerves and returns them to their natural state. And for this reason, a person is commanded when he is angry to perform wudu. Okay, these are three, not two, the things that invalidate [wudu]? Three. Okay, is there anything else? Apostasy nullifies all deeds, it is not specific to wudu.
Source alathar.net

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