The Book of the Prohibited actions

Riyad as-Salihin · Chapter 308

Undesirability of Riding a Camel which eats Animals' waste

باب كراهة ركوب الجلالة وهي البعير أو الناقة التي تأكل العذرة فإن أكلت علفًا طاهرًا فطاب لحمها زالت الكراهة

This brief chapter records the prohibition of riding the jallalah, a camel whose feed is dung and filth. The concern is purity and wholesomeness, keeping the believer's habits clean of what is foul, and the chapter heading notes that once such an animal feeds on clean fodder and its flesh becomes good again, the dislike falls away.

Notice that the ruling tracks the cause: it is the filth, not the animal, that is the issue, and removing the cause removes the dislike. The detailed conditions are a matter for the scholars; the spirit for the reader is the steady Islamic call toward cleanliness and away from the impure in what we consume and how we live.

Hadith 1692

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said:

عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال‏:‏ نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الجلالة في الإبل أن يركب عليها‏.‏ ((رواه أبو داود بإسناد صحيح ))

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited riding a camel which eats dung, or animal or human waste. [Abu Dawud].

In plain words

Riding a camel that feeds on dung and human or animal waste is prohibited here, reflecting the steady call toward cleanliness in our habits and what surrounds us.

Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 1692 In-book reference : Book 17, Hadith 182