Hanafi and Shafi‘i law treat dog su’r as impure, while Malik regards it as pure. The dispute turns on whether the instruction to wash the vessel is due to impurity or is a distinct devotional obligation.
Jurists can accept a transmitted instruction yet differ over its operative cause and resulting rule for the water.
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Su’r: Categories, Purity, and Juristic Differences
Hanafi and Shafi‘i law treat dog su’r as impure, while Malik regards it as pure. The dispute turns on whether the instruction to wash the vessel is due to impurity or is a distinct devotional obligation.
Jurists can accept a transmitted instruction yet differ over its operative cause and resulting rule for the water.