If two people in a state of ritual impurity are together and there is water between them that is not sufficient for both, what should they do?

The questioner : If there are two people in a state of minor ritual impurity and they own water between them, and if both were to perform wudu' from this water, only half of it would suffice, then if one of them gives up his share to the other, would that suffice for wudu' and tayammum? Is that preferable?

The Shaykh : This is done when the water is for two people and is not sufficient for both, and one of them is in dire necessity. It is divided between them. This is because it is not possible to remove the state of impurity for both of them entirely, and it is not possible to give it exclusively to one of them, so it is divided between them.

The questioner : If you requested, for example, half of the head’s portion, and the rest is…

The Shaykh : No, that is not valid, because it is sufficient for the complete purification of one of them, so it is divided between them.