Is the Leftover Water of Predatory Birds Pure?

٣ - وَالثَّالِثُ: مَكْرُوهٌ اسْتِعْمَالُهُ مَعَ وُجُودِ غَيْرِهِ وَهُوَ سُؤْرُ الْهِرَّةِ وَالدَّجَاجَةِ الْمُخَلَّاةِ وَسِبَاعِ الطَّيْرِ كَالصَّقْرِ وَالشَّاهِينِ وَالحَدَأِ وَكَالْفَأْرَةِ لا الْعَقْرَبِ.

The third: disliked to use if other water is available (makrūh istiʿmāluh maʺ wujūd ghayrih) — it is the left-over of the cat, the free-roaming chicken, birds of prey such as the falcon, the hawk and the kite, and likewise the mouse — but not the scorpion.

Ruling (Ḥukm): The left-over of predatory birds is pure by istihṣān. However, since they generally feed on carrion, their left-over is makrūh tanzīhī (mildly disliked). If the purity of the beak is known with certainty, the dislike no longer remains.

Evidence (Dalīl):

— Nūr al-Īḍāḥ wa-Najāt al-Arwāḥ fī al-Fiqh al-Ḥanafī (نور الإيضاح ونجاة الأرواح في الفقه الحنفي), Bāb al-Ṭahārah, Faṣl fī Bayān Aḥkām al-Suʼur, pp. 14–15.