We have a place that fills with rainwater, and this water is exposed to contamination, and children and animals urinate in it, and we have no source of water other than this. Is it permissible for us to
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The questioner : This is a listener to the program from Sudan. He says in this question: We have a place that fills with rainwater, and this water is exposed to contamination, and children urinate in it, may Allah honor you and my fellow listeners, and also animals urinate in it, and we have no source of water other than this. Is it permissible for us to perform wudu' from it, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, this water that the questioner mentioned must be examined, and one must strive to prevent people from using it as long as it is contaminated with what causes disease, and as long as urine is passed in it and it becomes contaminated with najasah. Leaving it open to the public in this state poses a danger to their health and their purity.
As for the validity of performing wudu' with it, if it has not changed in taste, color, or smell due to impurity, there is no harm in a person performing wudu' from it, because water is purifying, except for what has been overcome in taste, color, or smell by impurity. If none of its three characteristics—taste, color, and smell—has changed due to impurity, then it is permissible to perform wudu' with it. However, as I mentioned earlier, it should, and perhaps must, be prevented from being used by people, because it is harmful as long as it is exposed to contamination with what causes diseases. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, this water that the questioner mentioned must be examined, and one must strive to prevent people from using it as long as it is contaminated with what causes disease, and as long as urine is passed in it and it becomes contaminated with najasah. Leaving it open to the public in this state poses a danger to their health and their purity.
As for the validity of performing wudu' with it, if it has not changed in taste, color, or smell due to impurity, there is no harm in a person performing wudu' from it, because water is purifying, except for what has been overcome in taste, color, or smell by impurity. If none of its three characteristics—taste, color, and smell—has changed due to impurity, then it is permissible to perform wudu' with it. However, as I mentioned earlier, it should, and perhaps must, be prevented from being used by people, because it is harmful as long as it is exposed to contamination with what causes diseases. Yes.