Ruling on spots of blood on eggs

15-2-2014 | IslamWeb

Question:

Reference to your fatwa no. 27787 regading washing of eggs exterio. According to fatwa if eggs are not washed their is no harm. We receive eggs from bakery and eggs had spots of bloods or some other spots on it.Does it means that the spots are not najis. We in our home wash the eggs before use but sometimes spots do not go in regular washing.What should we do.If spots are najis does it means that if we touch it with wet hands our hands become najis Please guide.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Eggs are pure and the moist substances that cover them are also pure, so it is not obligatory to wash them as you have come to know. Thus, the spots that are on them come from this moist substance and if one is in doubt whether it is blood or the moist substance, then in principle they are pure and they are not deemed impure unless there is certainty.

In addition to this, a small amount of blood is excusable according to most scholars. Therefore, if you touch the eggs which have those spots with your wet hands, and you doubt about their impurity, then your hands do not become impure, but if you are sure that they are impure, then, in this case, the impurity is transferred to your hands according to many scholars; so you must wash your hands; but you should not get carried away with obsessive whispers and you should not consider something impure except with absolute certainty.

Allaah knows best.