Fatwa ID: 07935

Answered by: Maulana Yusuf Badshah

Question:

I wanted to ask a question about nose/ nasal mucus sometimes it colour is red/pink and dry or wet is it impure if it touches cloths or drops in floor or ground I understand if it blood flows or in liquid it will be impure.

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Answer:

If red or reddish liquid flows from the nose, it can be assumed to be flowing blood and thus impure [1]. Dried blood is also impure, although unlike flowing blood it will not stain any surfaces it touches.

If the blood flows onto a surface then it may be purified by washing the affected area thrice [2].

And Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 1, pg. 305, Darul Fikr:

وَفِي الْمُجْتَبَى: الدَّمُ وَالْقَيْحُ وَالصَّدِيدُ وَمَاءُ الْجُرْحِ وَالنَّفِطَةِ وَمَاءُ الْبَثْرَةِ وَالثَّدْيُ وَالْعَيْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ لِعِلَّةٍ سَوَاءٌ عَلَى الْأَصَح

[2] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 1, pg. 309, Darul Fikr:

(يَجُوزُ رَفْعُ نَجَاسَةٍ حَقِيقِيَّةٍ عَنْ مَحَلِّهَا) وَلَوْ إنَاءً أَوْ مَأْكُولًا عُلِمَ مَحَلُّهَا أَوْ لَا (بِمَاءٍ لَوْ مُسْتَعْمَلًا) بِهِ يُفْتَى

Raddul Muhtar, vol. 1, pg. 328, Darul Fikr:

(وَكَذَا يَطْهُرُ مَحَلُّ نَجَاسَةٍ) أَمَّا عَيْنُهَا فَلَا تَقْبَلُ الطَّهَارَةَ (مَرْئِيَّةٍ) بَعْدَ جَفَافٍ كَدَمٍ (بِقَلْعِهَا) أَيْ: بِزَوَالِ عَيْنِهَا وَأَثَرِهَا وَلَوْ بِمَرَّةٍ أَوْ بِمَا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ فِي الْأَصَحِّ