What is the ruling on poultry that are fed on spilled blood? Are they lawful?

Question : The question has become frequent regarding poultry that are said to be fed on spilled blood: are they lawful or not?

Answer : The answer to this depends on a distinction: is the majority of their feed this blood or not? If the majority of their feed is something else, there is no doubt about their lawfulness and purity. If the majority of their feed is this blood, then there are two narrations regarding it: one regarding its purity and one regarding its impurity. The correct view is that it is apparent to be lawful, as long as the hadiths are not authentic. All the hadiths regarding the *jalalah* (animals that eat impure substances) are subject to criticism. If the hadiths are authentic, we have no choice but to ask and to obey Allah and His Messenger. If the hadiths are not authentic, then the transformation of the substance necessitates the removal of the ruling, and there is no ruling for what has occurred. Look at the human being: the human being is pure, even though he transforms from a *'alaqah* (a clot of blood) to a *mudhghah* (a chewed lump), from a piece of impure blood. Yet, when it transforms, it becomes pure, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.