Reports concerning vessels lapped by dogs differ in wording and in the number of washings discussed by jurists. The legal disagreement concerns both the count and the underlying rationale.
Hanafi reasoning discusses three washings and the removal of impurity, whereas al-Shafi‘i requires seven. These positions must not be collapsed into one.
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Su’r: Categories, Purity, and Juristic Differences
Reports concerning vessels lapped by dogs differ in wording and in the number of washings discussed by jurists. The legal disagreement concerns both the count and the underlying rationale.
Hanafi reasoning discusses three washings and the removal of impurity, whereas al-Shafi‘i requires seven. These positions must not be collapsed into one.