F27Chapter of Waters
Ruling on water used in a recommended purification
Does water used in a recommended purification, such as renewing wudu or the Friday bath, still remove hadath?
Hanafi
Water used in a recommended purification, such as renewing wudu or the Friday bath, is pure but not purifying, so hadath may not be removed with it.
Reference: Al-Hidāyah — Radd al-Muḥtār — Marāqī al-Falāḥ
Maliki
The water stays tahur and still removes hadath and impurity when used in a recommended purification; whether its reuse is disliked is a matter of hesitation among the authorities.
Reference: Al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr — Ḥāshiyat al-Dasūqī — Minaḥ al-Jalīl
Shāfiʿī
Water used in a recommended purification stays tahur, removing hadath and najasah, because that purification lifted no hadath in the first place.
Reference: Minhāj al-Ṭālibīn — Al-Majmūʿ — Mughnī al-Muḥtāj
Hanbali
Water used in a recommended purification, such as renewing the ablution or the Friday bath, remains purifying and lifts ritual impurity, though its use is disliked.
Reference: Zād al-Mustaqniʿ — Kashshāf al-Qināʿ — Al-Inṣāf