The effect of a change in the color of the water used for ablution
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the color of the water used for ablution changes, does it become ritually impure because of that?
Answer:
If it changes due to impurity, then it is ritually impure by consensus. But if it changes due to something pure, then if the name "water" remains applicable to it, it does not become ritually impure; it does not lose its purity. However, if its name is no longer applicable and it is not called "water" in the absolute sense—for example, if one says, "This is henna" or "This is tea"—if I tell you, "Bring me water," and you bring me tea, you have not brought water. You have not brought water, even though its original substance was water. But it changed so much that it is no longer called water. Its name is now tea. So, yes. Yes. It strips it of its purity. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the color of the water used for ablution changes, does it become ritually impure because of that?
Answer:
If it changes due to impurity, then it is ritually impure by consensus. But if it changes due to something pure, then if the name "water" remains applicable to it, it does not become ritually impure; it does not lose its purity. However, if its name is no longer applicable and it is not called "water" in the absolute sense—for example, if one says, "This is henna" or "This is tea"—if I tell you, "Bring me water," and you bring me tea, you have not brought water. You have not brought water, even though its original substance was water. But it changed so much that it is no longer called water. Its name is now tea. So, yes. Yes. It strips it of its purity. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، المقدمة، وأول كتاب الطهارة — islamhouse.com (1:02:03)
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