What is the legal status of the clinging substance (al-'alaqah) excreted by a woman?
Chapter on Praying with Impurity and Other Matters
Al-Mughni
Book of Prayer
Primary text
The correct ruling is that the 'alaqah is impure because it is blood, and no religious text established its purity. Analogizing it to semen is rejected because it is blood exiting the private part, thus resembling menstrual blood.
Supporting text
There are two narrations from Ibn Aqil regarding its status, mirroring the differing views on semen, based on it being the beginning of human creation.