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Fatwa CenterProphet Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, instructing the sick to drink camel urine for cure
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Is there any Hadith in which the Prophet instructed his sick companion to drink the urine of a camel? If it is as mentioned, what is the Hadith and why did the Prophet give such an instruction (Peace be upon him)?
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
Al-Bukhari 
reported from Abu Qulaba from Anas 
that he said,
"The climate of Madeenah did not suit some people who came from 'Ukul or 'Uraynah. So, the Prophet
Abu Qulaba said, "They reverted to disbelief after conversion to Islam, stole and killed. In fact, they fought Allaah and His Messenger."
There is evidence from this Hadeeth that the milk and urine of camels is a treatment for some diseases. This is mentioned expressly in the Hadeeth narrated by Ibn 'Abbaas from the Messenger of Allaah The Almighty that he said: "The milk and urine of camels is a cure for those who suffer from (stomach) indigestion." [Ahmad]
An-Nasaa'i, may Allaah have mercy upon him, reported from Anas about the people of 'Ukal and 'Uraynah, "When their skins became yellowish and their bellies got very big, the Prophet sent them to his camels and ordered them to drink its milk and urine."
Ibn Al-Qayyim considered this an 'authentic Prophetic medicine'.
Allaah Knows best.
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