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This article is about the use of camel urine as medicine in the [[Hadith]]s and how such usage is viewed in the Muslim world. | |||
==Camel Urine in the Hadiths== | ==Camel Urine in the Hadiths== | ||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|82|794}}|Narrated Anas:Some people from the tribe of 'Ukl came to the Prophet and embraced Islam. The climate of Medina did not suit them, so the Prophet ordered them to go to the (herd of milch) camels of charity and to drink, their milk and urine (as a medicine).}} | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|82|794}}|Narrated Anas:Some people from the tribe of 'Ukl came to the Prophet and embraced Islam. The climate of Medina did not suit them, so the Prophet ordered them to go to the (herd of milch) camels of charity and to '''drink''', their milk and '''urine''' (as a medicine).}} | ||
{{Quote|{{Muslim|16|4130}}|Anas b. Malik reported that some people belonging (to the tribe) of 'Uraina came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) at Medina, but they found its climate uncongenial. So Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to them: If you so like, you may go to the camels of Sadaqa and drink their milk and urine. They did so and were all right.}} | {{Quote|{{Muslim|16|4130}}|Anas b. Malik reported that some people belonging (to the tribe) of 'Uraina came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) at Medina, but they found its climate uncongenial. So Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to them: If you so like, you may go to the camels of Sadaqa and '''drink''' their milk and '''urine'''. They did so and were all right.}} | ||
{{Quote|[http://www.answering-islam.org/Silas/shepherds.htm From The Sirat Rasul Allah ( The Life of The Prophet of God ), by Ibn Ishaq (3) pages 677, 678]|"A tradtionalist told me from one who had told him from Muhammad b. Talha from Uthman v. Abdul-Rahman that in the raid of Muharib and B. Thalaba the apostle had captured a slave called Yasar, and he put him in charge of his milch-camels to shepherd them in the neighborhood of al-Jamma. Some men of Qays of Kubba of Bajila came to the apostle suffering from an epidemic and enlarged spleens, and the apostle told them that if they went to the milch camels and drank their milk and their urine they would recover, so off they went.}} | {{Quote|[http://www.answering-islam.org/Silas/shepherds.htm From The Sirat Rasul Allah ( The Life of The Prophet of God ), by Ibn Ishaq (3) pages 677, 678]|"A tradtionalist told me from one who had told him from Muhammad b. Talha from Uthman v. Abdul-Rahman that in the raid of Muharib and B. Thalaba the apostle had captured a slave called Yasar, and he put him in charge of his milch-camels to shepherd them in the neighborhood of al-Jamma. Some men of Qays of Kubba of Bajila came to the apostle suffering from an epidemic and enlarged spleens, and the apostle told them that if they went to the milch camels and '''drank''' their milk and their '''urine''' they would recover, so off they went.}} | ||
It appears [[Muhammed]] believed camel urine had medicinal value and prescribed it to cure the men’s illness. | It appears [[Muhammed]] believed camel urine had medicinal value and prescribed it to cure the men’s illness. | ||
There is also the possibility the use of camel urine was a cultural | There is also the possibility the use of camel urine was a cultural norm among the Bedouin Arabs as camels had many valuable uses among the people of ancient Arabia. How use of the camel was viewed in ancient Arabia. | ||
{{Quote|[http://www.nabataea.net/camel.html The Camel:Ancient ship of the Desert and the Nabataeans]|For centuries the Nabataean moved goods in the desert by camel caravan. The camel was the backbone of their merchant enterprise, and it is only through understanding the camel, that we can better understand the Nabataean. While the Nabataeans are mostly remembered in the west for the ancient city of Petra, the Nabataeans themselves etched graffiti on many of the rocks and wadi walls of the Middle East. Many of these inscriptions bear reference to or pictures of camels and are the items that the common people left behind in their own memory. | {{Quote|[http://www.nabataea.net/camel.html The Camel:Ancient ship of the Desert and the Nabataeans]|For centuries the Nabataean moved goods in the desert by camel caravan. The camel was the backbone of their merchant enterprise, and it is only through understanding the camel, that we can better understand the Nabataean. While the Nabataeans are mostly remembered in the west for the ancient city of Petra, the Nabataeans themselves etched graffiti on many of the rocks and wadi walls of the Middle East. Many of these inscriptions bear reference to or pictures of camels and are the items that the common people left behind in their own memory. | ||
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The fur of the camel is used to weave bags for gain of flour and to make tent panels for flaps, or to make an aba for the owner of the house, or a cover for the saddle of his horse. Usually the fur is only taken as the camel sheds its fur during the beginning of the summer. Often the women collect it before it falls out, and some try to hide it from the men and sell it secretly so they can buy bits of cheap jewelry. | The fur of the camel is used to weave bags for gain of flour and to make tent panels for flaps, or to make an aba for the owner of the house, or a cover for the saddle of his horse. Usually the fur is only taken as the camel sheds its fur during the beginning of the summer. Often the women collect it before it falls out, and some try to hide it from the men and sell it secretly so they can buy bits of cheap jewelry. | ||
Camel dung is used as fuel for fires in the winter, and sometimes for cooking food. Camel urine is often used as a hair wash to protect it from knits, and to give it a reddish hue. Some even drink the urine as medicine for certain diseases. | Camel dung is used as fuel for fires in the winter, and sometimes for cooking food. Camel urine is often used as a hair wash to protect it from knits, and to give it a reddish hue. '''Some even drink the urine''' as medicine for certain diseases. | ||
In the past, the mahr, or dowry given to a bride was paid by a fixed number of camels, depending on the social standing of the bride and her family, or the bride groom’s ability to pay.}} | In the past, the mahr, or dowry given to a bride was paid by a fixed number of camels, depending on the social standing of the bride and her family, or the bride groom’s ability to pay.}} | ||
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{{Quote|[http://www.nabataea.net/camel.html Dhu lRumma, Diwan, edited by Charlile Henry Hayes Macartney, Cambridge, 1919, page 638]|Arab poets have often called the camel the 'ship of the desert." Long ago, Saydah Dhu alRumma said that his she-camel was a safiinat al-barr or land ship. His poem stated "a land-ship whose reins beneath my cheek are passed."}} | {{Quote|[http://www.nabataea.net/camel.html Dhu lRumma, Diwan, edited by Charlile Henry Hayes Macartney, Cambridge, 1919, page 638]|Arab poets have often called the camel the 'ship of the desert." Long ago, Saydah Dhu alRumma said that his she-camel was a safiinat al-barr or land ship. His poem stated "a land-ship whose reins beneath my cheek are passed."}} | ||
According to Plinio Prioreschi, author of A History of Medicine: Byzantine and Islamic Medicine, the use of camel urine as medicine might have been a common remedy in Muhammed's time. According to Prioreschi there is some evidence the Arabs might have used the usual mixture of musical folk formulas and crude medicine including Drekapotheke ( excrement ). | According to Plinio Prioreschi, author of A History of Medicine: Byzantine and Islamic Medicine, the use of camel urine as medicine might have been a common remedy in Muhammed's time. According to Prioreschi there is some evidence the Arabs might have used the usual mixture of musical folk formulas and crude medicine including Drekapotheke (excrement ). | ||
Evidently the camel played an important role to the Bedouin Arabs and this much suggests Muhammed got the idea of camel urine having medicinal properties from those around him. | |||
==The use of camel urine in the Muslim world== | ==The use of camel urine in the Muslim world== | ||
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The most beneficial of urine is the urine of Bedouin camels which are called najeeb.}} | The most beneficial of urine is the urine of Bedouin camels which are called najeeb.}} | ||
Islam Q and A states that the benefits of camel urine have been well known to earlier generations of medical science and have been proven by modern scientific research. | Islam Q and A states that the benefits of camel urine have been well known to earlier generations of medical science and have been proven by modern scientific research. It is interesting and perhaps problematic that all the scientists who are promoting camel urine as a medical cure are Muslim. The drinking of camel urine is part of an alternative medicine movement called urine therapy and the American Cancer Society’s position is that scientific evidence does not support individual claims that urine or urea given in any form is helpful for cancer patients and that the safety of urine therapy has not been confirmed by scientific studies. | ||
Also camel urine was found to cause a significant cytotoxic effect in the bone marrow cells of mice: | Also camel urine was found to cause a significant cytotoxic effect in the bone marrow cells of mice: | ||
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He said the camel antibodies, by being transported from the desert sands into the laboratory test tube, had the potential to be a vital weapon against human diseases.}} | He said the camel antibodies, by being transported from the desert sands into the laboratory test tube, had the potential to be a vital weapon against human diseases.}} | ||
In | In regard to the natural immunity of camels, anyone who has basic knowledge of microbiology understands that antibodies are specialized cells that attack and destroy invading microorganisms and other foreign objects. At present, we are not aware that some antibodies come in smaller packages than others or these smaller antibodies can penetrate deep into human tissue and cells. Moreover, camel urine does not contain any antibodies unless the animal is fighting an infection. In that case, the camel urine could not only sicken a person but allow a pathogen to cross the species barrier and cause a major epidemic. In fact, the drinking of camel urine by Muslims is the likely origin of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS) and [[w:World Health Organization|WHO]] has advised against drinking it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.who.int/csr/don/8-december-2016-mers-oman/en/ |title=Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Oman |publisher=World Health Organization |author= |date=8 december 2016 |archiveurl=https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161209163420/http://www.who.int/csr/don/8-december-2016-mers-oman/en |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/06/10/stop-drinking-camel-urine-world-health-organization-says |title=Stop Drinking Camel Urine, World Health Organization Says | ||
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== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Urine|Urine]] | |||
*[[:Category:Animals|Animals]] | |||
{{ | {{Translation-links-english|[[Velbloudí moč a islám|Czech]]}} | ||
==References== | |||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://english.alshahid.net/archives/7418 Where camel products are used to treat HIV virus] | *[http://english.alshahid.net/archives/7418 Where camel products are used to treat HIV virus] | ||
*[http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/07/11/yemen-camel-urine-trade-flourishing/ Yemen: Camel urine trade flourishing] | *[http://infidelsarecool.com/2008/07/11/yemen-camel-urine-trade-flourishing/ Yemen: Camel urine trade flourishing] | ||
*[http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090297622#ixzz0d16hj3A3 Patent application title: Separation and Formulation of Bioactive Fraction and Subfraction from Camel Urine work as Anticancer Agent] | *[http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090297622#ixzz0d16hj3A3 Patent application title: Separation and Formulation of Bioactive Fraction and Subfraction from Camel Urine work as Anticancer Agent] | ||
*{{wp|Hippuric acid}} ''- Wikipedia'' | *{{wp|Hippuric acid}} ''- Wikipedia'' | ||
*[[w:Cytotoxicity|Cytotoxicity]]'' - Wikipedia'' | *[[w:Cytotoxicity|Cytotoxicity]]'' - Wikipedia'' | ||
* [[w:Toluene (toxicology)|Toluene]] ''- Wikipedia'' | *[[w:Toluene (toxicology)|Toluene]] ''- Wikipedia'' | ||
* [http://www.answering-islam.org/Silas/shepherds.htm Muhammad and The Muslims from Uraynah by Silas] ''- Answering Islam'' | *[http://www.answering-islam.org/Silas/shepherds.htm Muhammad and The Muslims from Uraynah by Silas] ''- Answering Islam'' | ||
* [http://islam-qa.com/en/ref/83423 The Benefits of Drinking Camel Urine] ''- Islam Q&A'' | *[http://islam-qa.com/en/ref/83423 The Benefits of Drinking Camel Urine] ''- Islam Q&A'' | ||
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=q0IIpnov0BsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Islamic+medicine&ei=gD5XS7f0G5KCNv6L8IQN&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false A History of Medicine: Byzantine and Islamic Medicine by Plinio Prioreschi] ''- Google books'' | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=q0IIpnov0BsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Islamic+medicine&ei=gD5XS7f0G5KCNv6L8IQN&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false A History of Medicine: Byzantine and Islamic Medicine by Plinio Prioreschi] ''- Google books'' | ||
* [http://main.faithfreedom.org/content/benefits-drinking-camel-urine The benefits of drinking camel Urine] ''- FFI'' | *[http://main.faithfreedom.org/content/benefits-drinking-camel-urine The benefits of drinking camel Urine] ''- FFI'' | ||
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