What is the stronger position regarding the division of water into three categories or two?
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The questioner : Some scholars divide water into three categories, while others divide it into two; so what is the stronger position in this division?
The Shaykh : It is either purifying (tahur) or pure (tahir); this is because it ceases to be absolute water. As for impure water, that is well known; there is no doubt that there is an intermediate rank between the purifying and the impure, which is the pure. This does not mean that any impurity has mixed with it; rather, it has removed the water from its purifying status, so it becomes, for example, orange water or lemon water or something similar. This remains pure, but it does not remain purifying. Therefore, the division into three is the established one.
Yes.
The Shaykh : It is either purifying (tahur) or pure (tahir); this is because it ceases to be absolute water. As for impure water, that is well known; there is no doubt that there is an intermediate rank between the purifying and the impure, which is the pure. This does not mean that any impurity has mixed with it; rather, it has removed the water from its purifying status, so it becomes, for example, orange water or lemon water or something similar. This remains pure, but it does not remain purifying. Therefore, the division into three is the established one.
Yes.
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