WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:07.679 The Senior Scholars Project in Kuwait is pleased, 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:12.980 in cooperation with the Foundation of Sheikh 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn Baz, 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:14.480 may Allah have mercy on him, 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.679 to present to you 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:21.760 the Juristic Selections 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:26.719 on Issues of Acts of Worship and Transactions, 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:30.519 from the fatwas of the eminent scholar and Imam, 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:33.520 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Baz, 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:35.520 may Allah have mercy on him, 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.710 compiled and arranged by Sheikh 00:00:38.710 --> 00:00:41.710 Khalid Ibn Sa'ud Ibn 'Amir al-'Ajmi. 00:00:41.710 --> 00:00:45.960 The Book of Purification. 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:47.990 Chapter on Liquids. 00:00:47.990 --> 00:00:54.039 The eminent scholar Imam Ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:56.070 Absolute water is divided into two categories: 00:00:56.070 --> 00:00:58.070 purifying and impure. 00:00:58.070 --> 00:01:03.420 The hadith: "Indeed, water is pure, nothing makes it impure," 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:06.420 was reported by Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud, 00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:09.420 and al-Nasa'i with an authentic chain of transmission. 00:01:09.420 --> 00:01:12.680 The default state for all water is purity, 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.680 except that which is known to have become impure. 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:21.189 Whatever falls into water, such as beverage liquids, fallen leaves, or the like, 00:01:21.189 --> 00:01:23.189 does not render it impure 00:01:23.189 --> 00:01:26.189 and does not strip it of its purifying quality, 00:01:26.189 --> 00:01:29.739 as long as the name of water still applies to it. 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, 00:01:33.739 --> 00:01:37.739 such as milk, coffee, tea, and the like, 00:01:37.739 --> 00:01:40.739 it ceases to be called water in an unqualified sense, 00:01:40.739 --> 00:01:42.739 and it is no longer termed simply water; 00:01:42.739 --> 00:01:47.739 however, it remains intrinsically pure despite this mixture, 00:01:47.739 --> 00:01:49.739 and it does not become impure thereby. 00:01:49.739 --> 00:01:51.989 Restricted water, 00:01:51.989 --> 00:01:55.989 such as rose water, grape juice, or pomegranate juice, 00:01:55.989 --> 00:01:57.989 is termed pure, 00:01:57.989 --> 00:02:00.989 but it is not termed purifying, 00:02:00.989 --> 00:02:04.989 and purification from ritual impurities and filth cannot be achieved with it. 00:02:04.989 --> 00:02:08.409 Water that is less than two large jars (qullatayn) 00:02:08.409 --> 00:02:10.409 does not become impure unless its characteristics change, 00:02:10.409 --> 00:02:13.409 just like water that has reached two large jars. 00:02:13.409 --> 00:02:16.110 A Point of Benefit: 00:02:16.110 --> 00:02:20.110 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, mentioned the two large jars 00:02:20.110 --> 00:02:26.110 only to indicate that amounts less than that require verification, scrutiny, and careful attention; 00:02:26.110 --> 00:02:29.110 it is not because it becomes impure in an absolute sense. 00:02:29.110 --> 00:02:34.620 A very small quantity of water is usually affected by impurity; 00:02:34.620 --> 00:02:38.620 thus, it should be poured out and avoided, 00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:41.620 even if no visible trace of the impurity appears in it, 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:43.620 as it is likely corrupted thereby 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:47.039 and it is not permissible to use it. 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:51.039 A pond of water muddied with silt and some vegetation 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.039 is permissible to perform ablution with, 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:54.039 to bathe with, 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:56.039 and to drink from, 00:02:56.039 --> 00:02:58.039 because the name of water still applies to it, 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.039 and it remains purifying thereby; 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:06.039 the soil and vegetation that fall into it do not strip it of its purifying status. 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:10.490 If the pool is protected from impurities 00:03:10.490 --> 00:03:13.490 and has merely changed due to remaining stagnant for a long time, 00:03:13.490 --> 00:03:15.490 that causes no harm. 00:03:15.490 --> 00:03:22.099 Water gathered in a vessel from the limbs of a person performing ablution or ritual bathing 00:03:22.099 --> 00:03:24.099 is considered pure. 00:03:24.099 --> 00:03:27.099 Scholars have differed regarding its purifying capacity: 00:03:27.099 --> 00:03:31.099 is it purifying, such that ablution and bathing may be performed with it, 00:03:31.099 --> 00:03:33.099 or is it merely pure, 00:03:33.099 --> 00:03:35.099 like restricted water, 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:39.099 such as pomegranate juice, grape juice, and the like? 00:03:39.099 --> 00:03:41.129 The more correct view is that it is purifying, 00:03:41.129 --> 00:03:45.129 due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him: 00:03:45.129 --> 00:03:49.129 "Indeed, water is pure, nothing makes it impure," 00:03:49.129 --> 00:03:51.129 and nothing is excluded from that 00:03:51.129 --> 00:03:56.129 except water whose color, taste, or odor has changed due to an impurity; 00:03:56.129 --> 00:03:58.129 for if it changes because of that, 00:03:58.129 --> 00:04:01.129 it becomes impure by consensus. 00:04:01.129 --> 00:04:05.129 However, refraining from performing ablution with such used water 00:04:05.129 --> 00:04:07.129 is preferable and more prudent, 00:04:07.129 --> 00:04:09.129 in order to avoid juristic disagreement 00:04:09.129 --> 00:04:15.129 and because of whatever dirt might have fallen into it from the ablution or bathing. 00:04:15.129 --> 00:04:17.129 What is meant by ablution (wudu') 00:04:17.129 --> 00:04:21.129 is washing the limbs of ablution, starting with the face and what follows it. 00:04:21.129 --> 00:04:24.740 The scholars are in unanimous agreement that water, 00:04:24.740 --> 00:04:28.740 if its taste, color, or odor changes due to an impurity, 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:30.740 is impure. 00:04:30.740 --> 00:04:33.250 There is no harm in drinking from water 00:04:33.250 --> 00:04:38.250 from which livestock have drunk, such as camels, cattle, or sheep, 00:04:38.250 --> 00:04:41.250 because they are good and lawful. 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:44.250 Likewise, if donkeys and mules drink from it, 00:04:44.250 --> 00:04:47.250 they do not render the water harmful, 00:04:47.250 --> 00:04:49.250 and the water remains purifying. 00:04:49.250 --> 00:04:50.889 Predatory animals, 00:04:50.889 --> 00:04:53.889 such as leopards, lions, and wolves: 00:04:53.889 --> 00:04:55.889 if they drink from water, 00:04:55.889 --> 00:04:57.889 then if it is a small amount, it should be discarded, 00:04:57.889 --> 00:04:59.889 just as in the case of a dog's leftover; 00:04:59.889 --> 00:05:01.889 but if it is a large body of water, 00:05:01.889 --> 00:05:05.889 such as reservoirs and places with abundant water, 00:05:05.889 --> 00:05:08.889 their drinking from it does not harm it. 00:05:08.889 --> 00:05:12.459 It is not permissible to perform ablution with petroleum (oil), 00:05:12.459 --> 00:05:15.459 because it is not water in the Islamic legal sense, 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:17.459 nor is it called water, 00:05:17.459 --> 00:05:19.459 and it is not encompassed by that definition. 00:05:19.459 --> 00:05:22.139 Water that undergoes a change due to pure substances 00:05:23.139 --> 00:05:25.139 or medications that are put into it 00:05:25.139 --> 00:05:28.139 to prevent harm to people, 00:05:28.139 --> 00:05:31.139 while the designation of water still remains intact, 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:33.139 causes no harm, 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:36.139 even if some slight change occurs because of that. 00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:39.709 A slight change caused by a pure substance, 00:05:39.709 --> 00:05:41.709 such as soap or the like, 00:05:41.709 --> 00:05:44.449 does not harm its purifying status. 00:05:44.449 --> 00:05:47.449 Performing ablution with water that has the odor of gas, 00:05:47.449 --> 00:05:51.449 or other odors that are not impure, 00:05:51.449 --> 00:05:52.449 does not harm its purity. 00:05:52.449 --> 00:05:57.149 Performing ritual bathing or ablution with water altered by rust 00:05:57.149 --> 00:05:59.860 does not harm its purity. 00:05:59.860 --> 00:06:02.860 The Juristic Selections.