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F36Chapter of WatersRevised

Ruling when tahur water cannot be told from pure non-purifying water

When tahur water cannot be told from pure but non-purifying water, how is one to purify himself?

Hanafi

One weighs the signs and acts on the stronger likelihood, performing wudu from the vessel he judges to be the tahur one; if the two are equal, he performs wudu from both.

Maliki

One performs wudu as many times as there are pure vessels plus one more — here, from each of the two vessels — and prays a single prayer.

Shāfiʿī

One weighs the signs between the tahur water and the pure non-purifying water, such as used water, and purifies himself with the one he judges to be tahur, without performing wudu from each; but with water and rose-water, he performs wudu once with each and does not weigh the signs, on the soundest view.

Hanbali

One performs a single wudu from both, taking for each limb a handful from this vessel and a handful from that, covering the whole limb with each handful, and prays a single prayer.