Removing Ritual Impurity with Urine and Other Pure Liquids
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Question:
And the question of the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him): Is the urine of a bird whose meat is eaten a means of removing ritual impurity?
Answer:
No, it is pure, but it does not remove ritual impurity. The urine of camels is pure, and the urine of sheep is pure, but it does not wash away ritual impurity; it does not remove it. Not every pure substance removes ritual impurity. Only water removes ritual impurity. The pure water is what removes ritual impurity. As for the other pure liquids, such as gasoline and the purifying substances they call sharp substances or cleaning agents, these do not wash away ritual impurity.
Except according to the opinion of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, who holds that it is permissible to remove ritual impurity with any pure liquid. However, the majority do not agree; they say no, purification is specific to water, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Furqan 25:48] and He sent down [Al-Anfal 8:11] Purification is specific to water only.
And the question of the Shaykh (may Allah preserve him): Is the urine of a bird whose meat is eaten a means of removing ritual impurity?
Answer:
No, it is pure, but it does not remove ritual impurity. The urine of camels is pure, and the urine of sheep is pure, but it does not wash away ritual impurity; it does not remove it. Not every pure substance removes ritual impurity. Only water removes ritual impurity. The pure water is what removes ritual impurity. As for the other pure liquids, such as gasoline and the purifying substances they call sharp substances or cleaning agents, these do not wash away ritual impurity.
Except according to the opinion of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, who holds that it is permissible to remove ritual impurity with any pure liquid. However, the majority do not agree; they say no, purification is specific to water, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and We send down from the sky pure water
وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً طَهُورًاfrom the sky, rain by which to purify you
مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم بِهِ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الآنية - 1 — islamhouse.com (18:18)
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