The ruling on water changed by sea salt
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that salt is of two types, sea salt and mineral salt, and that sea salt, when it mixes with pure water, does not harm it, because its origin is water. In *al-Zad* (may Allah preserve you), it states that if water is changed by something other than its own substance, such as sea salt, it becomes disliked. Is this the weaker position?
The Shaykh:
It is pure. The disliked water is pure; that is, it is disliked for a reason of discouragement (tanzih). It does not mean that it has ceased to be pure. Even if it is disliked, it is pure. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that salt is of two types, sea salt and mineral salt, and that sea salt, when it mixes with pure water, does not harm it, because its origin is water. In *al-Zad* (may Allah preserve you), it states that if water is changed by something other than its own substance, such as sea salt, it becomes disliked. Is this the weaker position?
The Shaykh:
It is pure. The disliked water is pure; that is, it is disliked for a reason of discouragement (tanzih). It does not mean that it has ceased to be pure. Even if it is disliked, it is pure. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 003 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطهارة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (57:30)
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