Explaining the Difference Between Pure Water and Purifying Water
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Q1: The questioner says: In the winter days, we go out for a picnic for a week or ten days, and we perform wudu' with the rainwater that falls. What is the difference between pure water and purifying water?
A1: Purifying oneself with rainwater is a good thing, provided that no impurity has mixed with it; that is, if it remains in its original state and no impurity that changes it has mixed with it, then it is purifying, just like rivers and wells. However, if impurity affects it and changes its color, taste, or smell, then it becomes impure, and it is not permissible to purify oneself with it, whether from rain or from any other source. As for pure water, it is that which is pure in itself but does not purify others, such as water whose color, taste, or smell has been changed by something pure, or water that has been dominated by something pure that altered it from its original state. This is considered pure, but one does not purify oneself with it.
A1: Purifying oneself with rainwater is a good thing, provided that no impurity has mixed with it; that is, if it remains in its original state and no impurity that changes it has mixed with it, then it is purifying, just like rivers and wells. However, if impurity affects it and changes its color, taste, or smell, then it becomes impure, and it is not permissible to purify oneself with it, whether from rain or from any other source. As for pure water, it is that which is pure in itself but does not purify others, such as water whose color, taste, or smell has been changed by something pure, or water that has been dominated by something pure that altered it from its original state. This is considered pure, but one does not purify oneself with it.
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