it, wiping would not suffice, as it does not for a large amount. Also, because it is difficult to avoid, so it is excused, like blood. Our position is the generality of the saying of the Almighty: {And keep your garments pure} (1). And the saying of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace): "Purify yourselves from urine, for the majority of the punishment of the grave is from it" (2). And because it is an impurity the removal of which is not difficult, so its removal is obligatory, like a large amount. As for blood, it is difficult to avoid, for a person is almost never free from a pimple, an itch, or a boil, and it exits from his nose, mouth, and other areas; thus it is more difficult to avoid a small amount of it than a large amount, and for this reason a distinction was made in ablution between a small amount and a large amount.

225 - Issue: He said: (Unless it is a small amount of blood or pus of a kind that is not considered excessive.)

Most scholars hold the view that a small amount of blood and pus is excused. Among those from whom this was narrated are: Ibn Abbas, Abu Hurayra, Jabir, Ibn Abi Awfa (1), Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Tawus, Mujahid, 'Urwa, Muhammad ibn Kunasa (2), al-Nakha'i, Qatada, al-Awza'i, al-Shafi'i [in one of his two opinions] (3), and the People of Opinion. And Ibn Umar used to