Editing Camel (section)

===Religion===

====Islam====
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[[Muslims]] consider camel meat ''[[halal]]'' ({{langx|ar|حلال}}, 'allowed'). However, according to some [[Islamic schools and branches|Islamic schools of thought]], a state of impurity is brought on by the consumption of it. Consequently, these schools hold that Muslims must perform ''[[wudhu]]'' (ablution) before the next time they [[Salat|pray]] after eating camel meat.<ref name="purification">{{cite web|url=http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/hadith/abudawud/001.sat.html#001.0184|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716145540/http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/hadith/abudawud/001.sat.html#001.0184|archive-date=16 July 2011|series=Partial Translation of [[Sunan Abu-Dawud]], Book 1|work=Purification (Kitab al-Taharah)|title= Book 1, Number 0184|publisher= Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement|quote=Narrated [[Al-Bara' ibn Azib]]: The Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was asked about performing ablution after eating the flesh of the camel. He replied: Perform ablution, after eating it. He was asked about performing ablution after eating meat. He replied: Do not perform ablution after eating it. He was asked about saying prayer in places where the camels lie down. He replied: Do not offer prayer in places where the camels lie down. These are the places of Satan. He was asked about saying prayer in the sheepfolds. He replied: You may offer prayer in such places; these are the places of blessing.}}</ref> Also, some Islamic schools of thought consider it ''[[haram]]'' ({{langx|ar|حرام}}, 'forbidden') for a Muslim to perform ''[[Salat]]'' in places where camels lie, as it is said to be a dwelling place of the ''[[Devil (Islam)|Shaytan]]'' ({{langx|ar|شيطان}}, '[[Devil]]').<ref name="purification"/> According to [[Abu Yusuf]] (d.798), the [[camel urine|urine of camels]] may be used for medical treatment if necessary, but according to [[Abū Ḥanīfa]]h, the drinking of camel urine is discouraged.<ref name="alden">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=John Alden|title=The Word of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAj-DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|access-date=25 October 2016|year=1994|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-79076-6|page=98|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408182755/https://books.google.com/books?id=rAj-DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|archive-date=8 April 2017}}</ref>

Islamic texts contain several stories featuring camels. In the story of the people of [[Thamud]], the prophet [[Salih]] miraculously brings forth a ''[[She-Camel of God|naqat]]'' ({{langx|ar|ناقة}}, '[[milch-camel]]') out of a rock. After [[Muhammad]] migrated from [[Mecca]] to [[Medina]] (the [[Hijrah]]), he allowed [[Qaswa|his she-camel]] to roam there; the location where the camel stopped to rest determined the location where he would build his house in Medina.<ref>Campo, Juan Eduardo (2009). ''Encyclopedia of Islam''. [[Infobase Publishing]]. p. 128.</ref>

====Judaism====
{{see also|Food and drink prohibitions}}

According to [[Jewish]] tradition, camel meat and milk are not [[kosher]].<ref name=heinemen>{{cite web| last = Heinemann| first = Moshe| publisher = Star-K| title = Cholov Yisroel: Does a Neshama Good| work = Kashrus Kurrents| access-date = 4 May 2017| url = http://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/1179/cholov-yisroel-does-a-neshama-good/| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170430215725/http://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/1179/cholov-yisroel-does-a-neshama-good/| archive-date = 30 April 2017| date = 2013-08-20}}</ref> Camels possess only one of the two [[kosher foods|kosher criteria]]; although they [[Ruminant|chew their cud]], they do not have [[Cloven hoof|cloven hooves]]: "But these you shall not eat among those that bring up the cud and those that have a cloven hoof: the camel, because it brings up its cud, but does not have a [completely] cloven hoof; it is unclean for you."<ref>
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The Palestinian Muslim [[Makhamra family|Makhamara clan]] in [[Yatta, Hebron|Yatta]], who claim descent from Jews, reportedly avoid eating camel meat, a practice cited as evidence of their Jewish origins.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Ben-Zvi |first=Itzhak |title=שאר ישוב: מאמרים ופרקים בדברי ימי הישוב העברי בא"י ובחקר המולדת |publisher=none |year=1967 |location=תל אביב תרפ"ז |pages=407–413 |language=Hebrew |trans-title=She'ar Yeshuv |author-link=Yitzhak Ben-Zvi}}</ref><ref name=":42">{{Cite web |last=Sar-Avi |first=Doron |date=2019 |title=מניין באו הערבים 'היהודים'? |url=https://segulamag.com/articles/%d7%9e%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9f-%d7%91%d7%90%d7%95-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%a8%d7%91%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99%d7%9d/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Segula Magazine}}</ref>