Further evidence supporting the correctness of the majority’s view is that Allah, glorified be He, has forbidden us only blood that is poured forth, as He Most High says:

“Say, ‘I find nothing in what has been revealed to me forbidden to anyone who eats it, unless it be carrion or blood poured forth.’”

Since blood that is not poured forth is excused, despite being blood, it is clear that He, glorified be He, has distinguished between blood that flows and other blood. Thus, during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the Muslims would put meat into broth and eat it while streaks of blood were clearly visible in the cooking pots, as ‘Ā’ishah reported. Were this not the case, they would have extracted the blood from the veins, as the Jews do.

Allah Most High has forbidden animals that die of themselves or are killed by something other than a sharp, wounding implement. Thus, He forbade animals killed by strangling, by a violent blow, by a fall, or by being gored. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, also forbade game killed by the broad side of an unfeathered hunting shaft, saying, “It has been killed by a blow,” but not game killed by its point. The distinction between the two is simply whether the blood is shed. This indicates that the cause of impurity is the blood’s being retained and trapped within the animal.

If, however, the blood is shed in an unclean manner, by invoking a name other than Allah’s over the animal, the uncleanness here arises from another cause. Prohibition may therefore result either from the presence of blood or from invalid slaughter, as with slaughter performed by a Magian or an apostate, or slaughter performed somewhere other than the proper place.

Since this is so, bones, horns, nails, cloven hooves, and similar parts contain no blood that is poured forth, so there is no basis for regarding them as impure. This is the view of the majority of the early generations. Al-Zuhrī said, “The best members of this community used to comb their hair with combs made from elephant bones.”

Moreover,