• The one-day/three-day retrospective rule is the position of Imam Abu Hanifah stated in the matn.
• The commentary records a different position from Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad: the well is treated as impure from the time the dead animal is discovered, unless the actual earlier time is known.
• This distinction affects whether earlier prayers must be repeated.
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A Juristic Difference on the Previous Period
Well Purification: Required Bucket Counts and Unknown Time of Death
• The one-day/three-day retrospective rule is the position of Imam Abu Hanifah stated in the matn.
• The commentary records a different position from Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Muhammad: the well is treated as impure from the time the dead animal is discovered, unless the actual earlier time is known.
• This distinction affects whether earlier prayers must be repeated.