Fathwa, - Offering the prayer whileputting lard on one's body

Question
Is it permissible to seek alleviation by dressing the body with lard?
Does it affect the purity or validity of the prayer?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His Slave and Messenger.
Seeking remedy in impure things like lard is prohibited except in the
case of necessity based on his saying : " Do nottreat yourselves with
what is unlawful. " [Abu Daawood]. Whether it is a sort of food, drink
or dressing.
Dressing one's body with an impure thing does notnullify his ablution.
However, his prayer is not valid until he washes the place dressed
with this impurity.
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