Spring Water

وَمَاءُ الْعَيْنِ

Spring water (Māʾ al-ʼAyn)

Ruling (Ḥukm): Spring water, emerging naturally from the earth, is ṭāhir and muṭahhir and is the seventh of the recognised waters. Whether it flows onward as a stream (in which case it takes the ruling of running water) or collects and stands in a pool at its source (in which case it takes the ruling of still water, subject to the same rules of quantity and change), it is valid for wuḍūʾ, ghusl and removing impurity.

الْمِيَاهُ الَّتِي يَجُوزُ التَّطْهِيرُ بِهَا سَبْعَةُ مِيَاهٍ: (١) مَاءُ السَّمَاءِ، (٢) وَمَاءُ الْبَحْرِ، (٣) وَمَاءُ النَّهْرِ، (٤) وَمَاءُ الْبِئْرِ، (٥،٦) وَمَا ذَابَ مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَمَاءُ الْبَرَدِ، (٧) وَمَاءُ الْعَيْنِ.

The waters with which purification (ṭahārah) is valid are seven: (1) sky/rain water, (2) sea water, (3) river water, (4) well water, (5–6) melted snow water and hail water, (7) spring water.

Source: Nūr al-Īḍāḥ wa-najāt al-arwāḥ fī al-fiqh al-Ḥanafī (نور الإيضاح ونجاة الأرواح في الفقه الحنفي), p. 13