Water; Its Purity and Impurity

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 2
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Book 1, Chapter 2

Water; Its Purity and Impurity

وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلْمَاءِ اَلَّذِي تَبُولُ فِيهِ اَلدَّوَابُّ وَ تَلَغُ فِيهِ اَلْكِلاَبُ وَ يَغْتَسِلُ فِيهِ اَلْجُنُبُ «إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْرَ كُرٍّ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ شَيْءٌ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "Regarding water into which animals urinate, dogs drink, or someone performs ghusl (ritual washing after major impurity): "If it reaches the amount of a kurr (a specific measure), then nothing can make it impure”.
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