And from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The Shaykh : He said: "And from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Two kinds of dead meat and two kinds of blood have been permitted to us

أحلّت لنا ميتتان ودمان

Sunan Ibn Majah 3314Sahih (Darussalam)

" We have brought this forward. Yes, we have started the lesson, but it is not going well for us.
"He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Two types of dead animals and two types of bloods have been made lawful for us, the two types of dead animals are locusts and fish (seafood), while the two types of bloods are the liver and the spleen

أحلّت لنا ميتتان ودمان فأما الميتتان: فالجراد و الحوت، وأمّا الدّمان: فالطّحال والكبد

Bulugh al-Maram 13

It was narrated by Ahmad and Ibn Majah, and there is weakness in it".
Yes, his statement: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says "It has been made lawful for us" or "We have been forbidden from such and such" or "We have been commanded to do such and such," who is the doer?
The student: Allah.

The Shaykh : Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So it means: That is, "Allah has made it lawful for us." And when the Companions say "It has been made lawful for us" or "We have been forbidden from such and such" or "We have been commanded to do such and such," what is meant?
The student: The Prophet.

The Shaykh : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). But this is called by the scholars of knowledge a marfu' ruling. Now, if a Tabi'i (successor) says "It has been made lawful for us" or "We have been forbidden from that" or "We have been commanded" or the like, is it a marfu' mursal or a mawquf muttasil? There is disagreement among the scholars of hadith on this. Some say it is a mawquf muttasil because the Tabi'i narrates directly from a Companion. And some said it is a marfu' mursal because who was omitted from it? The Companion.
Now, his statement: This is like an exception to His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): And it is known that carrion and blood are ritually impure, is that not so? Yes, because they are forbidden. And we have mentioned before that every animal that is forbidden is ritually impure. And the evidence is His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): Meaning: except if the food is These are two. To what does the pronoun refer?
The student: To what came before.

The Shaykh : To what came before, meaning to the food that he found to be forbidden. That is, this food is an abomination, and it does not refer to the flesh of the pig as some of them said, but rather it refers to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) found to be forbidden. So his statement: This is the cause of the prohibition. So we understand that all forbidden animals are ritually impure. Yes, and it will come to us, if Allah wills, that something is excepted from them in the issue of ritual impurity. Now, We said that this is as if it is excepted from what?
The student: From .

The Shaykh : From: Locusts are well known. And fish includes all animals in the sea. Every animal in the sea is a fish, and its dead state is lawful. Yes, the dead state of sea creatures is lawful and is excepted from carrion. Now, The liver is well known, and the spleen is a piece that resembles the liver in some ways, attached to the stomach. This is also lawful, even though it is blood. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) brought this hadith in the chapter of purity. What chapter would one expect it to be mentioned in?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : In the chapter of foods, in the chapter of foods. But he mentioned it here because the forbidden is ritually impure. So if this is lawful, it is pure.