Q: I work as a blockman in a butcher. Due to the work environment I always get blood on my clothes. If I see it, I rinse it before I read salaah. Sometimes I only see some blood spots after I had read my salaah.
1. If I see blood stains (from meat carcass) on my clothes after performing salaah, is my salaah accepted or should I repeat the salaah?
2. Is blood from the carcass paak or napaak?
3. Do I have to wash or change my clothes before performing salaah if it has blood stains on it?
A:
1. Why don’t you wear an overall and work. If the blood covers an area more than the circumference of the inner of the palm then salaah with such clothing is not valid.
2. The blood that is dripping from the neck is napaak, and that which is attached to the flesh and meat is not napaak.
3. As above.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
Answered by:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)