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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Purity, page : 5
the menses.
The Shariyah‟s pardoning the people from these five impurities indicates the
facilitation it affords us in everything concerning purity. And whatever has been
invented in this regard has no foundation.
Secondly: What Removes It:
These are either solid or liquid. The solid is for example a stone, this is pure
because it has been dried, on condition that it should be solid and completely
dry. As for liquid the only liquid, which purifies impurity is water, however not all
water, but only pure water, which has not been mixed with other impurities.
What makes water impure; is when it has been polluted by any filth, and you
would know this from its taste, color or smell. If it has not changed and its amount
is equal to two water skins, it is not polluted. The Prophet said: “If the water
reaches the amount of two water skins it is not polluted.” If it is less than that then
The Shariyah‟s pardoning the people from these five impurities indicates the
facilitation it affords us in everything concerning purity. And whatever has been
invented in this regard has no foundation.
Secondly: What Removes It:
These are either solid or liquid. The solid is for example a stone, this is pure
because it has been dried, on condition that it should be solid and completely
dry. As for liquid the only liquid, which purifies impurity is water, however not all
water, but only pure water, which has not been mixed with other impurities.
What makes water impure; is when it has been polluted by any filth, and you
would know this from its taste, color or smell. If it has not changed and its amount
is equal to two water skins, it is not polluted. The Prophet said: “If the water
reaches the amount of two water skins it is not polluted.” If it is less than that then