Is blood pure or impure, what is the evidence for both sides, and what is your preferred position?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : Is blood pure or impure?
And what are the evidences of the two groups who said it is pure and those who said it is impure, and what is the preferred position of our Shaykh (may Allah preserve him)?
The Shaykh : Blood, if it is from an animal whose carrion is pure, then it is pure, and if it is from an animal whose carrion is impure, then it is impure. This is the criterion. Do you understand?
So the blood of a fish is pure because its carrion is pure, and the blood of a human is pure because his carrion is pure, except for what comes out of the two passages—the front or the back—because the hadith indicates that it is impure, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding a woman who is affected by menstrual blood, he said:.
The questioner : You are the representative, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How are you the representative?
The questioner : From Buraydah, one of the imams of the mosques in Buraydah.
The Shaykh : I mean, does that mean you are a deputy?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, do you accept the deputyship in this matter, everyone? Because I am afraid that you are all deputies. Answer? Yes or no? Do you accept?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : On the condition that the person is truthful in being a deputy.
And what are the evidences of the two groups who said it is pure and those who said it is impure, and what is the preferred position of our Shaykh (may Allah preserve him)?
The Shaykh : Blood, if it is from an animal whose carrion is pure, then it is pure, and if it is from an animal whose carrion is impure, then it is impure. This is the criterion. Do you understand?
So the blood of a fish is pure because its carrion is pure, and the blood of a human is pure because his carrion is pure, except for what comes out of the two passages—the front or the back—because the hadith indicates that it is impure, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding a woman who is affected by menstrual blood, he said:
Wash the blood off you.
اغسلي عنك الدمThe questioner : You are the representative, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How are you the representative?
The questioner : From Buraydah, one of the imams of the mosques in Buraydah.
The Shaykh : I mean, does that mean you are a deputy?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, do you accept the deputyship in this matter, everyone? Because I am afraid that you are all deputies. Answer? Yes or no? Do you accept?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : On the condition that the person is truthful in being a deputy.