Ruling on tahur water altered by its bed or its channel

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Ruling on tahur water altered by its bed or its channel

Is purification valid with water altered by its bed or channel, such as algae or sulphur beds?

Hanafi

Ablution is valid with water altered by its bed or channel, such as algae or sulphur, because guarding against it is burdensome and it remains absolute water.

Reference: Al-Hidāyah — Radd al-Muḥtār — Marāqī al-Falāḥ

Maliki

Water stays tahur, removing hadath and impurity, when altered by its bed or channel, such as algae or sulphur beds.

Reference: Al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr — Ḥāshiyat al-Dasūqī — Minaḥ al-Jalīl

Shāfiʿī

Change caused by what lies in the water's bed or channel, such as algae or sulphur beds, does no harm; it stays tahur, removing hadath and najasah.

Reference: Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn — Al-Majmūʿ — Mughnī al-Muḥtāj

Hanbali

Purifying with water altered by its bed or channel, such as algae or sulphur beds, is not disliked; it stays tahur, removing hadath and najasah.

Reference: Zād al-Mustaqniʿ — Kashshāf al-Qināʿ — Al-Inṣāf