The ruling on drinking blood for treatment
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on drinking the blood of the monitor lizard, or blood in general, for the purpose of…
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
What is the ruling on drinking the blood of the monitor lizard, or blood in general, for the purpose of treatment?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:3], so it is not permissible to drink blood for the sake of treatment, because blood is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani). Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah has not made your healing in what He has forbidden to you." It is not permissible to drink blood, whether it is blood pressure or anything else, because it is forbidden by the explicit text of the Qur'an. Yes.
The questioner:
A small point, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
However, administering blood to a patient, administering blood to a patient via injection into his vein, there is nothing wrong with that, and this is not like drinking or like eating.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on drinking the blood of the monitor lizard, or blood in general, for the purpose of…
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
What is the ruling on drinking the blood of the monitor lizard, or blood in general, for the purpose of treatment?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said:
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُso treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
تداووا ولا تداووا بحرامThe questioner:
A small point, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
However, administering blood to a patient, administering blood to a patient via injection into his vein, there is nothing wrong with that, and this is not like drinking or like eating.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الحدود : باب حد الزاني — islamhouse.com (45:08)
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