F20Chapter of Waters
Ruling on purification with absolute water for hadath
Is it permissible to remove hadath and najasah with absolute water according to the four imams?
Hanafi
Removal of hadath is valid with absolute water, which remains in its original state, and najasah is removed with it or with any pure removing liquid.
Reference: Al-Hidāyah — Radd al-Muḥtār — Marāqī al-Falāḥ
Maliki
Removal of hadath and of impurity is valid only with absolute water, which retains the natural qualities it was created upon.
Reference: Al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr — Ḥāshiyat al-Dasūqī — Minaḥ al-Jalīl
Shāfiʿī
Removal of hadath and najasah is valid only with absolute water, which is what is called water without any qualifying restriction.
Reference: Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn — Al-Majmūʿ — Mughnī al-Muḥtāj
Hanbali
Removing hadath and najasah requires the use of tahur water, which remains entirely upon its original created state.
Reference: Zād al-Mustaqniʿ — Kashshāf al-Qināʿ — Al-Inṣāf