The Ruling on the Impurity of Blood and Vomit
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : Al-Nawawi said: The scholars agreed that menstrual blood is ritually impure. So what about the other types of blood?
The Shaykh : For example, the blood that comes out of the hand or the foot is not ritually impure.
The questioner : The verses do not indicate that.
The Shaykh : The verses indicate prohibition, and there is no necessary connection between prohibition and ritual impurity.
The questioner : But it is...
The Shaykh : You say "but," but what are you objecting to?
The questioner :[Al-An'am 6:145].
The Shaykh : "Slaughtered for other than Allah." What does "slaughtered for other than Allah" mean? It means it is an abomination, just as the polytheists are described as impure. Yes, that is a spiritual impurity, not a physical one. It does not mean that if a polytheist enters the mosque it becomes ritually impure, or if a polytheist shakes hands with a Muslim his hand becomes ritually impure. No, because it is established in some reports from the Salaf that some of them, specifically 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, slaughtered a camel and then stood up to pray, and the traces of blood were visible on his clothes.
The questioner : 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar.
The Shaykh : 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud.
The questioner : Mas'ud. Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Okay, I am...
The Shaykh : Vomit is the same, except if a person is sick and impurity appears in the vomit. Then, because of this accompanying condition of the vomit, it becomes ritually impure, not because of the vomit itself, but because of what is mixed with it.
The questioner : What is in it from the illness.
The Shaykh : From the impurity. I tell you, my brother, sometimes a person vomits due to his illness, and traces of impurity come out with the vomit.
The questioner : I did not understand how an impurity trace means what?
The Shaykh : Illness, my brother, illness. Feces come out of the mouth of some sick patients.
The questioner : Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.
The Shaykh : The woman: Yes.
The questioner : I have not seen it.
The Shaykh : And what have you seen?
The questioner : No, no, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well, may Allah will it.
The questioner : When Ibn Qudamah says in al-Mughni, "The scholars agreed on the impurity of vomit," what does he mean by "the scholars agreed"?
The Shaykh : He means the scholars whose knowledge he encompassed, and he did not see a disagreement among them.
The questioner : Can you mention to me, Shaykh, who disagreed with this, because I have not reached that conclusion? Who among the scholars said that vomit is pure? So that I, if I am asked, can say that there is a disagreement with the statement in al-Mughni.
The Shaykh : Yes, this requires review. If it is important to you, I will review it for you in a day or two.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : For example, the blood that comes out of the hand or the foot is not ritually impure.
The questioner : The verses do not indicate that.
The Shaykh : The verses indicate prohibition, and there is no necessary connection between prohibition and ritual impurity.
The questioner : But it is...
The Shaykh : You say "but," but what are you objecting to?
The questioner :
or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah
أَوْ دَمًا مَّسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِThe Shaykh : "Slaughtered for other than Allah." What does "slaughtered for other than Allah" mean? It means it is an abomination, just as the polytheists are described as impure. Yes, that is a spiritual impurity, not a physical one. It does not mean that if a polytheist enters the mosque it becomes ritually impure, or if a polytheist shakes hands with a Muslim his hand becomes ritually impure. No, because it is established in some reports from the Salaf that some of them, specifically 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, slaughtered a camel and then stood up to pray, and the traces of blood were visible on his clothes.
The questioner : 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar.
The Shaykh : 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud.
The questioner : Mas'ud. Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Okay, I am...
The Shaykh : Vomit is the same, except if a person is sick and impurity appears in the vomit. Then, because of this accompanying condition of the vomit, it becomes ritually impure, not because of the vomit itself, but because of what is mixed with it.
The questioner : What is in it from the illness.
The Shaykh : From the impurity. I tell you, my brother, sometimes a person vomits due to his illness, and traces of impurity come out with the vomit.
The questioner : I did not understand how an impurity trace means what?
The Shaykh : Illness, my brother, illness. Feces come out of the mouth of some sick patients.
The questioner : Allah is sufficient for me, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.
The Shaykh : The woman: Yes.
The questioner : I have not seen it.
The Shaykh : And what have you seen?
The questioner : No, no, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well, may Allah will it.
The questioner : When Ibn Qudamah says in al-Mughni, "The scholars agreed on the impurity of vomit," what does he mean by "the scholars agreed"?
The Shaykh : He means the scholars whose knowledge he encompassed, and he did not see a disagreement among them.
The questioner : Can you mention to me, Shaykh, who disagreed with this, because I have not reached that conclusion? Who among the scholars said that vomit is pure? So that I, if I am asked, can say that there is a disagreement with the statement in al-Mughni.
The Shaykh : Yes, this requires review. If it is important to you, I will review it for you in a day or two.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1104 — d3watuna.com (15:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.