What is the stronger position regarding the impurity of an old cemetery?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, what prevents us from being certain of the purity of transformation, even though we follow the principle that impurity is a substance... whenever it is found, its ruling is found, and whenever it disappears, its ruling disappears?
The Shaykh : Those who hold this view say that the substance has not disappeared, but it has merely changed from one state to another. This is why we say it has transformed, rather than that it has ceased to exist.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, the stronger position is that it becomes pure. Therefore, they agree with us that a large amount of water, if it changes, becomes pure once that change caused by impurity is removed, and this is a type of transformation. Yes.
The Shaykh : Those who hold this view say that the substance has not disappeared, but it has merely changed from one state to another. This is why we say it has transformed, rather than that it has ceased to exist.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, the stronger position is that it becomes pure. Therefore, they agree with us that a large amount of water, if it changes, becomes pure once that change caused by impurity is removed, and this is a type of transformation. Yes.