Does drinking camels' milk invalidate Wudhoo’?

4-4-2013 | IslamWeb

Question:

Does drinking milk invalidate Wudhoo’ (ablution)? It is narrated that ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Umar, May Allaah Be Pleased with them, heard the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, saying: "Perform Wudhoo’ for eating camel meat and do not perform Wudhoo’ for eating sheep meat; perform Wudhoo’ for drinking camel milk and do not perform Wudhoo’ for drinking sheep milk; Pray in the dwellings of sheep and do not pray in the resting places of camels." [Ibn Maajah] What is the degree of authenticity of this Hadeeth?

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Answer:

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, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.

The view that drinking camel milk invalidates Wudhoo’ is one of the two narrations of Ahmad in this respect. Nevertheless, the second narration is adopted since it accords with the opinion of the majority of scholars.

As for the Hadeeth mentioned in the question, it is ranked as Dha‘eef (weak) by Al-Albaani in his classification of Sunan At-Tirmithi. 

Allaah Knows best.