Abu Hanifa’s rule looks back one day and night for an intact carcass and three days and nights for a swollen or decomposed one. The animal’s condition is used as a presumptive indicator of elapsed time.
This is a legal estimate from outward signs, not a biological claim that every animal decomposes on an identical schedule.
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Impurity in Wells and Rules of Drawing Water
Abu Hanifa’s rule looks back one day and night for an intact carcass and three days and nights for a swollen or decomposed one. The animal’s condition is used as a presumptive indicator of elapsed time.
This is a legal estimate from outward signs, not a biological claim that every animal decomposes on an identical schedule.