Musta‘mal water is water used to remove hadath or applied to the body for devotion. Raf‘ al-hadath means removing ritual impurity; qurbah means devotional intent. Tahir means pure in itself; mutahhir means able to purify ritually.
Reports classify used water as severely impure from Abu Hanifa, mildly impure from Abu Yusuf, and pure but not purifying from Muhammad. The latter is preferred in the cited Hanafi discussion.
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Used Water: Definition, Ruling and Juristic Differences
Musta‘mal water is water used to remove hadath or applied to the body for devotion. Raf‘ al-hadath means removing ritual impurity; qurbah means devotional intent. Tahir means pure in itself; mutahhir means able to purify ritually.
Reports classify used water as severely impure from Abu Hanifa, mildly impure from Abu Yusuf, and pure but not purifying from Muhammad. The latter is preferred in the cited Hanafi discussion.