Is the ablution valid with naturally salty water or water extracted from the ground by machines?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : Is the ablution valid with naturally salty water or water extracted from the ground by machines?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Yes, the ablution is valid with naturally salty water or with water in which salt has been added, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about performing ablution with seawater, and he said:Sunan Abi Dawud 83Sahih (Al-Albani) It is well known that seawater is salty, so it is permissible for a person to perform ablution with salty water, whether the salt is an accidental addition or if it is salty by its original nature. Likewise, it is permissible to perform ablution with water extracted by machines and other modern devices, because this falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah 5:6] up to His saying: [Al-Ma'idah 5:6]. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This is a university student who has used the initials E.D. from Jeddah. The listener, O honorable Shaykh, says in his message: I hope that my message will be presented to the honorable scholars, may Allah guide them. I ask Allah for success so that I may obtain an answer that illuminates the path for me and guides me to the right way.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Yes, the ablution is valid with naturally salty water or with water in which salt has been added, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about performing ablution with seawater, and he said:
Its water is pure and what dies in it is lawful food.
هو الطهور ماؤه، الحل ميتتهO you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءامَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْBut if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it
وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضَى أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَائِطِ أَوْ لامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ مِنْهُThe questioner : May Allah reward you. This is a university student who has used the initials E.D. from Jeddah. The listener, O honorable Shaykh, says in his message: I hope that my message will be presented to the honorable scholars, may Allah guide them. I ask Allah for success so that I may obtain an answer that illuminates the path for me and guides me to the right way.