Combining the dispensation for blood on clothing with its ritual impurity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the issue of praying in a garment that has blood on it, how do we reconcile the statement of al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Muslims continued to pray in their wounds, with the statement of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) that no one differed on the fact that blood is ritually impure?
Answer:
Yes, but it is excused. No one differed on its ritual impurity, but it is excused when it affects the clothing. The Companions used to pray while blood was on their clothes, and this indicates that it is excused. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the issue of praying in a garment that has blood on it, how do we reconcile the statement of al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Muslims continued to pray in their wounds, with the statement of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) that no one differed on the fact that blood is ritually impure?
Answer:
Yes, but it is excused. No one differed on its ritual impurity, but it is excused when it affects the clothing. The Companions used to pray while blood was on their clothes, and this indicates that it is excused. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك : أن الناس في عصر الصحابة والتابعين ومن بعدهم كانوا يأتون المساجد حفاة في الطين وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:02:54)
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