Continuation of the answer regarding eating cheese in which the rennet of non-slaughtered calves has been placed (Clarification of the issue: Does water become impure if impurity falls into it?)
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The Shaykh : I said that Dutch cheese, as our friend here informed us, contains nothing but the rennet extracted from a dead animal that was not ritually slaughtered, from the famous Dutch cattle known for their size and meat. And I said to him: If the Dutch cheese contains nothing but this rennet, which is considered impure because it is from carrion and not from a ritually slaughtered animal, nevertheless, eating, selling, and buying this cheese is lawful. I mean: this rennet, of which a very small quantity is thrown into hundreds of kilograms of milk so that it coagulates and turns into cheese, this impurity is in the same category as the small amount of impurity that falls into a large amount of pure, purifying water. Just as the falling of this impurity into this pure, purifying water does not turn it into impure water that is not permissible to use, neither for drinking nor for purification, so too this rennet, which is thrown into a very large quantity of milk to coagulate and solidify as we said, does not make this cheese forbidden. Because this small impurity has vanished in this overwhelming abundance ofThe questioner : which is the milk.
This jurisprudential issue, which some Islamic schools of jurisprudence adopt regarding water, resolves many problems in the modern era, including those related to Dutch cheese. The school of Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), and I think it is the school of Imam Ahmad or a narration from him, is that a large amount of water, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:Sunan Abi Dawud 66Sahih (Al-Albani) A narration with a weak chain of transmission but a correct meaning came, and there is consensus on the correctness of its meaning, and it is: .
This agreed-upon meaning can be noticed with some precision, and its correctness is considered by looking at his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:Sunan Abi Dawud 66Sahih (Al-Albani) meaning: as long as it remains water. If you see water whose color has changed due to an impurity, you do not call it water absolutely. You do not say this is water; at the least, you say about it: stagnant water, water whose taste has changed due to impurity... and so on. As long as the water still maintains its natural properties, as if it were just poured from the sky, it is the pure, purifying water with which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has blessed His believing servants: When this addition came with a weak chain of transmission, and the scholars of the Muslims agreed upon it, it is certainly correct to understand the hadith with this explanation and clarification: Sunan Abi Dawud 66Sahih (Al-Albani) on the condition that its taste, color, or smell does not change. But this condition must be qualified: as long as its taste, color, or smell has not changed due to impurity. If this change in one of these three attributes is due to something other than impurity, that does not mean that the water has become impure. Any transformation that may occur to it that takes it out of being purifying, it remains pure water, meaning: it is not possible to perform ablution with it because it is not purifying, but you can wash your clothes with it, you can moisten yourself with it, you can do so and so on, because it is pure, and you can drink it.
thisThe questioner : For example, this drink, this is water, but its taste has changed, and its color has changed. Is it impure? The answer is: No; because this change is not the effect of impurity but the effect of something pure, so it is pure and permissible to drink. But it is not permissible for you to perform ablution with it because it is not purifying. If we know this legal ruling regarding water, which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) sent down from the sky, it can be transferred to other issues, for example, oil and ghee. If impurity falls into them and each of them is liquid, does it become impure? Take the measure: if one of its three attributes changes due to this impurity that fell into this oilThe questioner : or gheeThe questioner : then it is not permissible to sell or buy it, and it must be poured out. But if the oil or ghee has not changed due to changes in these three attributes, it remains pure, and eating, selling, and buying it is permissible, if it is liquid. But if it is solid, the matter is easier.
This jurisprudential issue, which some Islamic schools of jurisprudence adopt regarding water, resolves many problems in the modern era, including those related to Dutch cheese. The school of Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), and I think it is the school of Imam Ahmad or a narration from him, is that a large amount of water, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:
Water is pure and is not defiled by anything.
الماء طهور لا ينجسه شيءAs long as its taste, color, or smell has not changed
ما لم يتغير طعمه أو لونه أو ريحهThis agreed-upon meaning can be noticed with some precision, and its correctness is considered by looking at his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:
Water is pure and is not defiled by anything.
الماء طهور لا ينجسه شيءto purify you thereby
ليطهركم بهWater is pure and is not defiled by anything.
الماء طهور لا ينجسه شيءthisThe questioner : For example, this drink, this is water, but its taste has changed, and its color has changed. Is it impure? The answer is: No; because this change is not the effect of impurity but the effect of something pure, so it is pure and permissible to drink. But it is not permissible for you to perform ablution with it because it is not purifying. If we know this legal ruling regarding water, which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) sent down from the sky, it can be transferred to other issues, for example, oil and ghee. If impurity falls into them and each of them is liquid, does it become impure? Take the measure: if one of its three attributes changes due to this impurity that fell into this oilThe questioner : or gheeThe questioner : then it is not permissible to sell or buy it, and it must be poured out. But if the oil or ghee has not changed due to changes in these three attributes, it remains pure, and eating, selling, and buying it is permissible, if it is liquid. But if it is solid, the matter is easier.
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