If a small amount of water changes on its own, does it become pure or does it remain impure?
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The questioner : If a small amount of water changes on its own, it remains impure according to the school of thought, and it does not become pure?
The Shaykh : It does not overcome the impurity, because it cannot be purified except by adding something to it.
The questioner : So what is its ruling, meaning there is no ruling?
The Shaykh : And therefore, according to them, contact with it makes it impure by mere contact, even if it has not changed. Be patient, my brother.
The questioner : But this Shaykh has departed from the knowledge.
The Shaykh : They do not see the knowledge, because they say, as the author explained, that this does not remove the impurity from itself.
The questioner : They do not look at the second level, which is for them to be pure, it is not understood.
The Shaykh : No, they do not see this; they see that the impurities and the ways...
The Shaykh : It does not overcome the impurity, because it cannot be purified except by adding something to it.
The questioner : So what is its ruling, meaning there is no ruling?
The Shaykh : And therefore, according to them, contact with it makes it impure by mere contact, even if it has not changed. Be patient, my brother.
The questioner : But this Shaykh has departed from the knowledge.
The Shaykh : They do not see the knowledge, because they say, as the author explained, that this does not remove the impurity from itself.
The questioner : They do not look at the second level, which is for them to be pure, it is not understood.
The Shaykh : No, they do not see this; they see that the impurities and the ways...
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 52 - الماء القليل إذا زال تغيره بنفسه هل يطهر أم يبقى على نجاسته؟ الكافي في فقه الإمام أحمد — youtube.com
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