What is the ruling on blood if it comes out of a person while he is praying? Does it invalidate the prayer or not?
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The questioner : He has another question, O honorable Shaykh. He asks: What is the ruling on blood if it comes out of a person who is praying? Does it invalidate the prayer or not? We hope for your guidance, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : If the blood that came out of the person praying came from the front or back passage, it invalidates the ablution. In this case, he must leave the prayer, wash the blood that affected him, perform the ablution again, and repeat the prayer from the beginning.
As for if it came from other than the two passages, meaning other than the front and back, such as from the nose, the teeth, another wound, or a wound that has burst, he remains in his prayer if he is able to perform it without being preoccupied with this blood, and he completes the prayer. This is because the stronger opinion is that blood does not invalidate the ablution, even if it is much. However, if it is much, most of the scholars hold that blood is ritually impure if it is much and is not excused. In that case, he must leave the prayer so that he can purify what was affected by the blood, then return and pray without ablution, according to the stronger opinion. To pray means to start the prayer anew. As for if the blood is little, he continues in his prayer and there is no blame on him.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : If the blood that came out of the person praying came from the front or back passage, it invalidates the ablution. In this case, he must leave the prayer, wash the blood that affected him, perform the ablution again, and repeat the prayer from the beginning.
As for if it came from other than the two passages, meaning other than the front and back, such as from the nose, the teeth, another wound, or a wound that has burst, he remains in his prayer if he is able to perform it without being preoccupied with this blood, and he completes the prayer. This is because the stronger opinion is that blood does not invalidate the ablution, even if it is much. However, if it is much, most of the scholars hold that blood is ritually impure if it is much and is not excused. In that case, he must leave the prayer so that he can purify what was affected by the blood, then return and pray without ablution, according to the stronger opinion. To pray means to start the prayer anew. As for if the blood is little, he continues in his prayer and there is no blame on him.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.