Camel’s urine in Muslim theology

Abstract

In the paper, role of the camels in history of Arabs and its characteristics is briefly presented emphasizing some important episodes. The introduction necessarily refers to the Hadith as the second after Qur’an source on Muhammad, Islam and Muslim theology. Among six main collections of Hadith, the oldest one was chosen, namely, the one collected by Al-Buẖārī (d. 870). In this book, the Hadith about camel’s urine is presented in 13 versions, from them six variants were chosen to expose the important differences. In the analysis, opinions of Muslim authorities were cited, both classical and the most recent ones. In the last part of the paper, the „Prophet’s Medicine” is discussed, which includes also the camel’s urine. Its importance and actuality can be confirmed by the fact that in Saudi Arabia camel’s urine is sold in cans like that of coca-cola, under the mark bola-cola.