10-If water reaches to approximately
200Kg (Qullahtayn) then nothing can make it impure, unless if the smell, taste
or colour changes.
11-In the Hanbalee Madhab, there are
three views on what makes a large amount of water Najis:
-Impurity
from humans, this is the view of the earlier Hanbalees. If this enters water,
irrespective of quantity and its effect, the water will automatically become impure.
The proof is the Hadeeth where the Prophet forbade us to urinate in stagnant
water, here there is no limitation on the quantity of stagnant water. Some of
the earlier Hanbalees agreed with this view but stipulated ‘hardship’; meaning
if it is too difficult to purify the water that has been effected then the
water is pure as long as the three characteristics of smell, taste or colour
have not changed. However, it can be counter-argued here that the prohibition
of urinating in stagnant water is bounded by one trying to benefit from the
water afterwards.
-The
later Hanbalees stated that all forms of impurity are equal in its effect, so
any small amount of water which is less than 200kg is made impure by mere
contact. Amounts of water greater than 200kg must be changed in its smell, taste
and colour for it to be deemed impure.
-The
third view from the Hanbalees is that the water must change in its smell, taste
or colour in order for it not to be called water anymore, and thus deemed Najis,
irrespective of the quantity. This is the correct view with Uthaymeen.
12-If a person has a pot of water,
and he puts his impure hand inside it, then the whole pot becomes Tahir but not
Muttahir. This is if the water is less than 200kg. This is the view of the
Madhab. They argue that impurity has entered the pot and affected the quality
of the water. Likewise, his hand has become pure by this water, thus this water
cannot be used again to purify (see point 9 for further clarification).
Uthaymeen disagrees with this view, and argues that water cannot be judged as
being impure or unable to purify without evidence. What makes the former view even more weak, is
that some of the scholars have stated that in such an event, one must perform
Tayammum, despite one having clear water in his possession.
13-The Hanbalees have stated that
water used to remove something impure, becomes impure. So if one adds water to
remove the impure water, this water also becomes impure and so on, until the
last pouring of water which has no traces of impurity or impure water. However,
the last pouring of water becomes Tahir and not Mutahhir because it becomes
used water.
E.g. a man has a thobe and it has
impurity on it. He puts water on it to wash it, this water becomes impure as
soon as it touches the area of impurity. The impurity is still on his clothes
so he add more water, the new additional water also becomes impure until he
keeps on adding water and all traces of the impurity have been removed.
However, the final pouring of water is deemed as ‘used water’ and thus being Tahir
but he is not allowed to use it again to purify something else as it is not
Mutahhir.
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