Blood Remaining with the Meat of a Slaughtered Animal Is Pure; Slaughter Is Also Tanning

Question

Question: The blood that remains in the meat of lawful animals after the flowing blood (dam masfuh) has come out — is it pure or impure? If it gets on the clothes or body of those praying, will the prayer be valid with it or not, and is there any dislike (karaha) or the like in it? If animals whose meat is not eaten (ghayr ma’kul al-lahm) are slaughtered with the tasmiya, are their meat and the blood that remains in the meat also pure or not?

Answer

The blood that remains stuck to the meat after slaughter is impure (najis) if it is flowing; and the blood that is in the vessels and inside the meat is not impure if it is not flowing: [ar]ما لزق من الدم السائل باللحم فهو نجس، وما بقي في اللحم والعروق من الدم الغير السائل فليس بنجس اهـ[/ar] “Flowing blood that has stuck to the meat is impure, and non-flowing blood that…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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