Iraqa (shedding: the blood of sacrificial animals, lawful and unlawful bloodshed, and of impurities)

In the lexicon iraqa is pouring out; the jurists use it in several senses, such as pouring out wine or blood. ¹

The Lawgiver counts the blood of livestock as an act of worship in itself in the offering, the sacrifice and the aqiqa, and nothing can take its place: giving a sacrificial animal in charity before slaughter does not discharge the duty. ^{1 2} Bloodshed becomes an act of worship when it is a means to good, as in fighting unbelievers and rebels; once the good is achieved without it, fighting and killing are forbidden, as when they accept Islam. ² It is lawful as retaliation or as a prescribed penalty, so that people refrain from aggression. ² It is forbidden without right: killing a Muslim or a dhimmi unjustly, slaughtering an animal that does no harm for no food, and slaughtering an edible animal that was dedicated to other than God. ² It is permitted to repel one person's aggression on another, or to obtain what averts death. ² The blood of a harmful animal may be shed; the details are under aggression, injuries and the pilgrimage. ²

Pouring out an impurity destroys it, which is desirable where there is no need for it, and the rules of destruction apply. ² Pouring out semen outside the vagina in intercourse is coitus interruptus; it is allowed with a free woman's leave and in general needs no leave for a slave-woman. ²