Is there a hadith that water used for wudu' is pure?
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The questioner : Is there a hadith that water used for wudu' is pure?
The Shaykh : It is undoubtedly pure, but is it purifying or not? Some scholars say that water used for an obligatory purification is pure but not purifying.
But the correct view is that it is purifying, and that water is divided into only two categories: purifying and impure. This is because there is no evidence for the division mentioned by the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them), which is: purifying, pure, and impure. Some of them add a fourth category: doubtful. So the correct view is that water is either impure if it is changed by impurity, or purifying if it is not changed by impurity.
The Shaykh : It is undoubtedly pure, but is it purifying or not? Some scholars say that water used for an obligatory purification is pure but not purifying.
But the correct view is that it is purifying, and that water is divided into only two categories: purifying and impure. This is because there is no evidence for the division mentioned by the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them), which is: purifying, pure, and impure. Some of them add a fourth category: doubtful. So the correct view is that water is either impure if it is changed by impurity, or purifying if it is not changed by impurity.