The Impurity of Blood Inside and Outside the Body

The questioner:
I say, O Shaykh, that the blood in the veins, or as I hesitate to say, in my body or a larger body, or is it embodied?

The Shaykh:
If the blood inside the body were impure, no one would have been able to pray, and no one would have been able to do anything. But when it emerges and leaves its place and touches a garment or a body, it becomes impure. As for the blood in the veins, it is necessary; that is, do you say, "Do not pray because you have blood in you?" No one says that.

The questioner:
In the context of the Caliphate.

The Shaykh:
Allah the Exalted says: He did not say "blood," but qualified it in the other verse as "shed blood," which is that which has left its place and come out, yes?

The questioner:
Many thanks for the conversation; this is an excellent discussion.

The Shaykh:
No, blood is impure; there is no disagreement about its impurity. The disagreement is whether it invalidates the ablution or not. As for its impurity, it is impure, there is no doubt, yes.