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Is Eating Soil Makrooh?

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Q: I would like to know if it’s makrooh tanzeehi or makrooh tahreemi to eat mitti (soil)?

Bismillaah

A: It is makrooh. (Text of Qadhi Khan: Consuming sand is makrooh because it is harmful and will result in him killing himself.)

ویکره أکل الطین لأن ذلک یضر فیصیر قاتلاً نفسه (فتاویٰ قاضي خان علی هامش الفتاوی الهندیة: ۳/۴۰۳)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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