Medicine and Islam

Question :As-Salamu `Alaykum. Does Islam encourage or permit the drinking of camel urine?

Answer: Wa`alaykum As-Salaamu Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh. In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

According to a Hadith that is narrated in Al-Bukhari the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, told Muslims to go out behind camels and drink their urine in treatment of illness. Accordingly, Islam permits Muslims to drink camels' urine and milk in treatment.

Apparently, treatment should be based on doctors' advice. If a reliable and trustworthy doctor prescribes urine of camels in treatment of a certain disease, then there is nothing wrong in drinking it.

Hence, drinking camel’s urine is permitted in case of necessary medical treatment. If there is another lawful alternative available, then people may use it instead. Allah Almighty knows best.

SOURCE

#007.071.590:
Narrated Anas:
The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so the Prophet ordered them to follow his shepherd, i.e. his camels, and drink their milk and urine (as a medicine). So they followed the shepherd that is the camels and drank their milk and urine till their bodies became healthy. Then they killed the shepherd and drove away the camels. When the news reached the Prophet he sent some people in their pursuit. When they were brought, he cut their hands and feet and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron.