The Ruling on Drinking Blood for Medical Treatment
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Question:
This person says that some of the common people believe that drinking certain types of blood cures diseases, so they proceed to drink the blood of some animals, such as the desert monitor lizard and others. They cite as evidence that a man from among the Companions drank the blood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Answer:
Blood is ritually impure and forbidden[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] so it is forbidden, and treating oneself with what is forbidden is not permissible. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani). Blood is forbidden; treating oneself with it is not permissible. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said, and it is also narrated as traced back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Bulugh al-Maram 10:50
So this is an error. Treating oneself with blood and drinking blood is not permissible; it is forbidden by the explicit text of the Qur'an:[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] Even if some people or some tribes say it, they do not act upon it, because this contradicts the Qur'an, so drinking blood for medicine is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This person says that some of the common people believe that drinking certain types of blood cures diseases, so they proceed to drink the blood of some animals, such as the desert monitor lizard and others. They cite as evidence that a man from among the Companions drank the blood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Answer:
Blood is ritually impure and forbidden
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُso treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
تداووا ولا تداووا بحرامAllah did not make your cure
ان الله لم يجعل شفاءكمamong what He has forbidden to you.
فيما حرم عليكم.So this is an error. Treating oneself with blood and drinking blood is not permissible; it is forbidden by the explicit text of the Qur'an:
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-031-الشتاء وما فيه من النعم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:21)
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