{"id":4610,"date":"2025-10-15T10:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=4610"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:37:40","slug":"the-conditions-of-the-water-used-in-taharah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=4610","title":{"rendered":"The Characteristics of the Water Used in Taharah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Water Used for Purification\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Question:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">What is the ruling if a rat falls into a well? Is this water pure or not? Can I use it for performing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/purification-2\/how-to-make-wudu\/\"><em>wudu&#8217;<\/em> <\/a>(ablution)? What are the characteristics of the pure water?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/category\/islamic-creed\/almighty-allah\/\">Allah<\/a>, we praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">It should be noted that if one of the three water&#8217;s characteristics, i.e. taste, color or smell changes: in this case this water is impure, it is not acceptable to perform ablution with it and it does not remove an impurity according to the Jurists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">The water of a well which springs forth from the earth does not become<em> najis<\/em> (impurity) owing to something <em>najis<\/em> falling in it, unless its color, smell, or taste changes. However, it is recommended that, in the event of certain impurities falling in it, a quantity of water should be drawn from the well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The Characteristics of the Water Used in Taharah<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">&#8211; Water should pure and purifying (e.g., rain water, snow, hail, sea water, and water from well).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Watch this interesting talk with Dr. Muhammad Salah to learn more about the pure water of <em>taharah<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Huda Youtube Channel.\u00a0<\/em><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/the-conditions-of-the-water-used-in-taharah\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the ruling if a rat falls into a well? 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