1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,679 The Senior Scholars Project in Kuwait is pleased, 3 00:00:07,879 --> 00:00:12,980 in cooperation with the Foundation of Sheikh 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn Baz, 4 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:14,480 may Allah have mercy on him, 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,679 to present to you 6 00:00:16,679 --> 00:00:21,760 the Juristic Selections 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,719 on Issues of Acts of Worship and Transactions, 8 00:00:26,719 --> 00:00:30,519 from the fatwas of the eminent scholar and Imam, 9 00:00:30,519 --> 00:00:33,520 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Baz, 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,520 may Allah have mercy on him, 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,710 compiled and arranged by Sheikh 12 00:00:38,710 --> 00:00:41,710 Khalid Ibn Sa'ud Ibn 'Amir al-'Ajmi. 13 00:00:41,710 --> 00:00:45,960 The Book of Purification. 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,990 Chapter on Liquids. 15 00:00:47,990 --> 00:00:54,039 The eminent scholar Imam Ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 16 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:56,070 Absolute water is divided into two categories: 17 00:00:56,070 --> 00:00:58,070 purifying and impure. 18 00:00:58,070 --> 00:01:03,420 The hadith: "Indeed, water is pure, nothing makes it impure," 19 00:01:03,420 --> 00:01:06,420 was reported by Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud, 20 00:01:06,420 --> 00:01:09,420 and al-Nasa'i with an authentic chain of transmission. 21 00:01:09,420 --> 00:01:12,680 The default state for all water is purity, 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,680 except that which is known to have become impure. 23 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:21,189 Whatever falls into water, such as beverage liquids, fallen leaves, or the like, 24 00:01:21,189 --> 00:01:23,189 does not render it impure 25 00:01:23,189 --> 00:01:26,189 and does not strip it of its purifying quality, 26 00:01:26,189 --> 00:01:29,739 as long as the name of water still applies to it. 27 00:01:29,739 --> 00:01:33,739 If the name of the water changes into another substance due to what has mixed with it, 28 00:01:33,739 --> 00:01:37,739 such as milk, coffee, tea, and the like, 29 00:01:37,739 --> 00:01:40,739 it ceases to be called water in an unqualified sense, 30 00:01:40,739 --> 00:01:42,739 and it is no longer termed simply water; 31 00:01:42,739 --> 00:01:47,739 however, it remains intrinsically pure despite this mixture, 32 00:01:47,739 --> 00:01:49,739 and it does not become impure thereby. 33 00:01:49,739 --> 00:01:51,989 Restricted water, 34 00:01:51,989 --> 00:01:55,989 such as rose water, grape juice, or pomegranate juice, 35 00:01:55,989 --> 00:01:57,989 is termed pure, 36 00:01:57,989 --> 00:02:00,989 but it is not termed purifying, 37 00:02:00,989 --> 00:02:04,989 and purification from ritual impurities and filth cannot be achieved with it. 38 00:02:04,989 --> 00:02:08,409 Water that is less than two large jars (qullatayn) 39 00:02:08,409 --> 00:02:10,409 does not become impure unless its characteristics change, 40 00:02:10,409 --> 00:02:13,409 just like water that has reached two large jars. 41 00:02:13,409 --> 00:02:16,110 A Point of Benefit: 42 00:02:16,110 --> 00:02:20,110 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, mentioned the two large jars 43 00:02:20,110 --> 00:02:26,110 only to indicate that amounts less than that require verification, scrutiny, and careful attention; 44 00:02:26,110 --> 00:02:29,110 it is not because it becomes impure in an absolute sense. 45 00:02:29,110 --> 00:02:34,620 A very small quantity of water is usually affected by impurity; 46 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:38,620 thus, it should be poured out and avoided, 47 00:02:38,620 --> 00:02:41,620 even if no visible trace of the impurity appears in it, 48 00:02:41,620 --> 00:02:43,620 as it is likely corrupted thereby 49 00:02:43,620 --> 00:02:47,039 and it is not permissible to use it. 50 00:02:47,039 --> 00:02:51,039 A pond of water muddied with silt and some vegetation 51 00:02:51,039 --> 00:02:53,039 is permissible to perform ablution with, 52 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:54,039 to bathe with, 53 00:02:54,039 --> 00:02:56,039 and to drink from, 54 00:02:56,039 --> 00:02:58,039 because the name of water still applies to it, 55 00:02:58,039 --> 00:03:00,039 and it remains purifying thereby; 56 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:06,039 the soil and vegetation that fall into it do not strip it of its purifying status. 57 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:10,490 If the pool is protected from impurities 58 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:13,490 and has merely changed due to remaining stagnant for a long time, 59 00:03:13,490 --> 00:03:15,490 that causes no harm. 60 00:03:15,490 --> 00:03:22,099 Water gathered in a vessel from the limbs of a person performing ablution or ritual bathing 61 00:03:22,099 --> 00:03:24,099 is considered pure. 62 00:03:24,099 --> 00:03:27,099 Scholars have differed regarding its purifying capacity: 63 00:03:27,099 --> 00:03:31,099 is it purifying, such that ablution and bathing may be performed with it, 64 00:03:31,099 --> 00:03:33,099 or is it merely pure, 65 00:03:33,099 --> 00:03:35,099 like restricted water, 66 00:03:35,099 --> 00:03:39,099 such as pomegranate juice, grape juice, and the like? 67 00:03:39,099 --> 00:03:41,129 The more correct view is that it is purifying, 68 00:03:41,129 --> 00:03:45,129 due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him: 69 00:03:45,129 --> 00:03:49,129 "Indeed, water is pure, nothing makes it impure," 70 00:03:49,129 --> 00:03:51,129 and nothing is excluded from that 71 00:03:51,129 --> 00:03:56,129 except water whose color, taste, or odor has changed due to an impurity; 72 00:03:56,129 --> 00:03:58,129 for if it changes because of that, 73 00:03:58,129 --> 00:04:01,129 it becomes impure by consensus. 74 00:04:01,129 --> 00:04:05,129 However, refraining from performing ablution with such used water 75 00:04:05,129 --> 00:04:07,129 is preferable and more prudent, 76 00:04:07,129 --> 00:04:09,129 in order to avoid juristic disagreement 77 00:04:09,129 --> 00:04:15,129 and because of whatever dirt might have fallen into it from the ablution or bathing. 78 00:04:15,129 --> 00:04:17,129 What is meant by ablution (wudu') 79 00:04:17,129 --> 00:04:21,129 is washing the limbs of ablution, starting with the face and what follows it. 80 00:04:21,129 --> 00:04:24,740 The scholars are in unanimous agreement that water, 81 00:04:24,740 --> 00:04:28,740 if its taste, color, or odor changes due to an impurity, 82 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:30,740 is impure. 83 00:04:30,740 --> 00:04:33,250 There is no harm in drinking from water 84 00:04:33,250 --> 00:04:38,250 from which livestock have drunk, such as camels, cattle, or sheep, 85 00:04:38,250 --> 00:04:41,250 because they are good and lawful. 86 00:04:41,250 --> 00:04:44,250 Likewise, if donkeys and mules drink from it, 87 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:47,250 they do not render the water harmful, 88 00:04:47,250 --> 00:04:49,250 and the water remains purifying. 89 00:04:49,250 --> 00:04:50,889 Predatory animals, 90 00:04:50,889 --> 00:04:53,889 such as leopards, lions, and wolves: 91 00:04:53,889 --> 00:04:55,889 if they drink from water, 92 00:04:55,889 --> 00:04:57,889 then if it is a small amount, it should be discarded, 93 00:04:57,889 --> 00:04:59,889 just as in the case of a dog's leftover; 94 00:04:59,889 --> 00:05:01,889 but if it is a large body of water, 95 00:05:01,889 --> 00:05:05,889 such as reservoirs and places with abundant water, 96 00:05:05,889 --> 00:05:08,889 their drinking from it does not harm it. 97 00:05:08,889 --> 00:05:12,459 It is not permissible to perform ablution with petroleum (oil), 98 00:05:12,459 --> 00:05:15,459 because it is not water in the Islamic legal sense, 99 00:05:15,459 --> 00:05:17,459 nor is it called water, 100 00:05:17,459 --> 00:05:19,459 and it is not encompassed by that definition. 101 00:05:19,459 --> 00:05:22,139 Water that undergoes a change due to pure substances 102 00:05:23,139 --> 00:05:25,139 or medications that are put into it 103 00:05:25,139 --> 00:05:28,139 to prevent harm to people, 104 00:05:28,139 --> 00:05:31,139 while the designation of water still remains intact, 105 00:05:31,139 --> 00:05:33,139 causes no harm, 106 00:05:33,139 --> 00:05:36,139 even if some slight change occurs because of that. 107 00:05:36,139 --> 00:05:39,709 A slight change caused by a pure substance, 108 00:05:39,709 --> 00:05:41,709 such as soap or the like, 109 00:05:41,709 --> 00:05:44,449 does not harm its purifying status. 110 00:05:44,449 --> 00:05:47,449 Performing ablution with water that has the odor of gas, 111 00:05:47,449 --> 00:05:51,449 or other odors that are not impure, 112 00:05:51,449 --> 00:05:52,449 does not harm its purity. 113 00:05:52,449 --> 00:05:57,149 Performing ritual bathing or ablution with water altered by rust 114 00:05:57,149 --> 00:05:59,860 does not harm its purity. 115 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,860 The Juristic Selections.