The Ruling on Performing Wudu with Rose Water
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The questioner:
He said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the ablution valid with rose water, given that it has acquired a taste?
The Shaykh:
Is it what?
The questioner:
Rose water, given that it has acquired a taste after distillation.
The Shaykh:
This rose water is called mixed water. The purifying agent is absolute water, which is not mixed with anything. This rose water is either squeezed from roses or distilled from roses.
The questioner:
The Shaykh’s case.
The Shaykh:
If the questioner means that it is original water to which rose water is added, we say that this does not affect its purity, because roses are pure and do not affect the water. However, if he means that it is originally rose water and there is no purifying water with it, then it becomes pure water, and one cannot perform ablution with it, because it is not water, but rather a liquid substance extracted from the rose tree or rose flowers. Yes.
He said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the ablution valid with rose water, given that it has acquired a taste?
The Shaykh:
Is it what?
The questioner:
Rose water, given that it has acquired a taste after distillation.
The Shaykh:
This rose water is called mixed water. The purifying agent is absolute water, which is not mixed with anything. This rose water is either squeezed from roses or distilled from roses.
The questioner:
The Shaykh’s case.
The Shaykh:
If the questioner means that it is original water to which rose water is added, we say that this does not affect its purity, because roses are pure and do not affect the water. However, if he means that it is originally rose water and there is no purifying water with it, then it becomes pure water, and one cannot perform ablution with it, because it is not water, but rather a liquid substance extracted from the rose tree or rose flowers. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 003 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطهارة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:35)
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