In the school, we perform wudu' from the faucets, but we cannot drink from them. Is the wudu' valid from them?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. After this, a message reached the program from one of the sisters saying: In the school, we perform wudu' from the faucets, but we cannot drink from them. Is the wudu' valid, given that it has not been established for us that the water is impure?

Answer:
The default ruling for water is that it is purifying, especially if no sign of ritual impurity appears on it, such as a change in its smell, taste, or color due to impurity. The default is that it is purifying. Allah the Exalted said:

sent down upon you from the sky, rain by which to purify you

وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم بِهِ

[Al-Anfal 8:11]

He the Exalted said:

and We send down from the sky pure water

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً طَهُورًا

[Al-Furqan 25:48]

And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Water is purifying

الماء طهور

Nothing makes it impure, unless its color, taste, or smell is dominated by an impurity that occurs in it.

لا ينجسه شيء، كلما غلب على لونه أو طعمه أو ريحه بنجاسة تحدث فيه،

Although this narration is weak, the scholars have agreed that if one of the properties of water changes due to impurity, it becomes ritually impure. As for what has not changed, the default is that it is pure, and praise be to Allah. The default is that it is purifying, praise be to Allah. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، في المدرسة نتوضأ من الصنابير ولا يمكن أن نشرب منها، هل يصح الوضوء منها؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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