Impure Vessels
Impure Vessels
Ruling
A vessel contaminated by actual impurity must have the impurity removed from it. According to the relied-upon Hanafi position cited here, actual impurity may be removed with water, even used water, and with any pure liquid that effectively removes the impurity.
الاقتباس الفقهي
بَابُ الْأَنْجَاسِ، جَمْعُ نَجَسٍ بِفَتْحَتَيْنِ، وَهُوَ لُغَةً: يَعُمُّ الْحَقِيقِيَّ وَالْحُكْمِيَّ، وَعُرْفًا يَخْتَصُّ بِالْأَوَّلِ۔
(يَجُوزُ رَفْعُ نَجَاسَةٍ حَقِيقِيَّةٍ عَنْ مَحَلِّهَا) وَلَوْ إِنَاءً أَوْ مَأْكُولًا، عُلِمَ مَحَلُّهَا أَوْ لَا، (بِمَاءٍ وَلَوْ مُسْتَعْمَلًا) بِهِ يُفْتَى، (وَبِكُلِّ مَائِعٍ طَاهِرٍ قَالِعٍ لِلنَّجَاسَةِ) يَنْعَصِرُ بِالْعَصْرِ، كَخَلٍّ وَمَاءِ وَرْدٍ۔
“It is permissible to remove actual impurity from its place, even if that place is a vessel or food, whether the location of the impurity is known or not. This may be done with water, even used water; this is the position upon which the fatwa is given. It may also be done with any pure liquid that effectively removes the impurity and can be squeezed out, such as vinegar and rose water.”
الكتاب: الدُّرُّ الْمُخْتَارُ شَرْحُ تَنْوِيرِ الْأَبْصَارِ وَجَامِعِ الْبِحَارِ، مَعَ رَدِّ الْمُحْتَارِ
المؤلف: محمد أمين بن عمر بن عبد العزيز عابدين (ابن عابدين)
كتاب: كتاب الطهارة
الباب: باب الأنجاس
الجزء: الجزء الأول
الصفحة: ص 309
الطبعة: ط. سعيد
Complete Reference — English
Book: Al-Durr al-Mukhtār Sharḥ Tanwīr al-Abṣār wa Jāmiʿ al-Biḥār, with Radd al-Muḥtār
Author: Muḥammad Amīn ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Ibn ʿĀbidīn
Book/Section: Kitāb al-Ṭahārah — Bāb al-Anjās
Volume: 1
Page: 309
Edition: Saʿīd Edition