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What is the ruling on the presence of a red spot in an egg; does it prevent eating it even if it is good for a month, or is it permissible to remove the red spot and eat it?

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Blood and meat spots are common in brown chicken eggs, occurring when small blood vessels near the yolk follicle rupture, causing a blood clot to adhere to the yolk inside the egg.

If the blood spot is merely a speck, it is Islamically excused because what is forbidden is flowing blood, which is blood that gushes and spills, as stated in the Holy Quranic verse: "Say, 'I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to an eater who eats it, except that it be a dead animal or spilled blood or the flesh of swine — for indeed, it is unclean — or [that which is] of disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah.'" Scholars like Al-Kharashi and Al-Hattab have confirmed that such a speck of blood is pure, as it is not flowing blood.

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