Su’r: Categories, Purity, and Juristic Differences

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• What is the legal meaning of su’r?
• What is the basic rule for human su’r?
• What is the ordinary status of edible-animal su’r?
• How is dog su’r classed in Hanafi law?
• How does Malik understand dog su’r and vessel washing?
• How is dog su’r regarded by Hanafi and Shafi‘i jurists?
• Which animals are sabā‘ al-bahā’im?
• What is the ordinary Hanafi status of cat su’r?
• What reason concerning cats is conveyed by “al-tawwāfīn ...”?
• Why is an unconfined hen’s leftover disliked?
• Why is bird-of-prey su’r not treated like that of a land predator?
• Which animals are named as house-dwelling examples?
• What distinguishes a living mouse drinking from a mouse dying in water?
• What is chiefly doubtful about donkey su’r?
• What is required when only donkey su’r is available?
• What is the order of wudu and tayammum in the doubtful-su’r case?
• Why are wudu and tayammum combined with doubtful su’r?
• Which additional factor matters in some mule-su’r rulings?
• What is the cited sound view on horse su’r?
• How is elephant su’r classed in the cited discussion?
• What if actual filth enters normally disliked leftover water?
• When may impurity in a human mouth affect leftover water?
• Which example illustrates the disputed category?
• What is preferable when clean alternative water exists instead of disliked su’r?