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Is it obligatory to perform ablution after eating camel meat, and what are the prophetic hadiths reported concerning this?

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Imam Ahmad and most of the Hadith scholars held the view that eating camel meat nullifies ablution, contrary to the three Imams (Abu Hanifa, Malik, and Al-Shafi'i). Imam Ahmad argued using prophetic narrations, among them the hadiths of Jabir ibn Samurah, Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib, and Usayd ibn Hudayr, which command ablution after eating camel meat but not after eating sheep meat. Imam Al-Nawawi was of the opinion that what Imam Ahmad went by is the correct view, and that perhaps the hadith was not authenticated by Imam Al-Shafi'i. Ibn Khuzaymah stated that he did not see any disagreement among Hadith scholars regarding the obligation of ablution after eating camel meat. Al-Nawawi, in "Al-Majmu'," indicated that the older opinion (al-qawl al-qadim) regarding the nullification of ablution by camel meat is the most preponderant based on evidence.

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