The ruling on the emergence of a large amount of blood during prayer
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The questioner:
The Shaykh’s sons, you have emphasized to us in a new lesson the position of the scholars, may Allah reward you, and you said that they used to pray to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during their feasts and days, and their prayers were not accepted, and between the saying of the teacher and lifting the prayer from him that he stands, and you said that you read the Sunan of the patience of prayer.
The Shaykh:
The statement of the jurists is that a large amount of blood is ritually impure; the blood that comes out of the body is ritually impure, whether it is little or much, but a small amount is excused. As for the large amount, it invalidates the prayer and the garment must be washed. This is the statement of the jurists, and it is what is in the text of al-Dalil and other works. However, from the perspective of what has been reported from the Companions, it is well known that they (may Allah be pleased with them) were wounded in battles and blood would flow onto their garments, and it is not mentioned that they performed wudu, meaning they did not repeat the wudu, nor is it mentioned that they washed the blood. Likewise, 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), when he was stabbed during the Fajr prayer, the blood flowed, but he did not break his prayer; he continued in his prayer, and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf completed the prayer with them, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) became a follower, and completed the prayer. This is evidence that the emergence of blood from the body does not invalidate the wudu, and that it is not ritually impure. This is from the perspective of the evidence. As for the perspective of deduction and the story, that is another matter. There is no doubt that the statements of the jurists are examined against the evidence; so if the evidence supports a statement, we take it, and if the evidence does not support it, we have mercy on its speaker, and he has a share of reward for that, but we do not take that statement.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh’s sons, you have emphasized to us in a new lesson the position of the scholars, may Allah reward you, and you said that they used to pray to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during their feasts and days, and their prayers were not accepted, and between the saying of the teacher and lifting the prayer from him that he stands, and you said that you read the Sunan of the patience of prayer.
The Shaykh:
The statement of the jurists is that a large amount of blood is ritually impure; the blood that comes out of the body is ritually impure, whether it is little or much, but a small amount is excused. As for the large amount, it invalidates the prayer and the garment must be washed. This is the statement of the jurists, and it is what is in the text of al-Dalil and other works. However, from the perspective of what has been reported from the Companions, it is well known that they (may Allah be pleased with them) were wounded in battles and blood would flow onto their garments, and it is not mentioned that they performed wudu, meaning they did not repeat the wudu, nor is it mentioned that they washed the blood. Likewise, 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), when he was stabbed during the Fajr prayer, the blood flowed, but he did not break his prayer; he continued in his prayer, and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf completed the prayer with them, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) became a follower, and completed the prayer. This is evidence that the emergence of blood from the body does not invalidate the wudu, and that it is not ritually impure. This is from the perspective of the evidence. As for the perspective of deduction and the story, that is another matter. There is no doubt that the statements of the jurists are examined against the evidence; so if the evidence supports a statement, we take it, and if the evidence does not support it, we have mercy on its speaker, and he has a share of reward for that, but we do not take that statement.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14/7 شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:03:01)
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