The Meaning of Certainty Regarding Purity and Ritual Impurity
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Question:
It has a second section in which he asks: What is the meaning of the phrase, “If one is certain of purity, he is pure, and if one is certain of ritual impurity, he is in a state of ritual impurity”? The word “certainty.”
Answer:
If a person performs wudu’ (ablution) and purifies himself, and then doubts whether his wudu’ was broken or not, he proceeds on the basis of the original state, which is purity, because certainty is not removed by doubt. If the situation is the reverse, and the person knows that he is not in a state of purity, and then doubts whether he performed wudu’ or not, the original state is that he is not in a state of purity, so he must perform wudu’. Yes.
It has a second section in which he asks: What is the meaning of the phrase, “If one is certain of purity, he is pure, and if one is certain of ritual impurity, he is in a state of ritual impurity”? The word “certainty.”
Answer:
If a person performs wudu’ (ablution) and purifies himself, and then doubts whether his wudu’ was broken or not, he proceeds on the basis of the original state, which is purity, because certainty is not removed by doubt. If the situation is the reverse, and the person knows that he is not in a state of purity, and then doubts whether he performed wudu’ or not, the original state is that he is not in a state of purity, so he must perform wudu’. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/247 — archive.org (14:15)
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