An added description may clarify the relevant category without eliminating the original term. The description of water as “sent down from the sky,” for instance, is considered in relation to ordinary water and its purifying function.
Two separate questions remain: is this substance still water, and is it pure and purifying? Keeping a broad linguistic designation is not a license to treat all contaminated liquids as suitable for ablution. Evidence about purity must be applied on its own terms.
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Absolute and Qualified Expressions: Unrestricted Wording and Added Conditions
An added description may clarify the relevant category without eliminating the original term. The description of water as “sent down from the sky,” for instance, is considered in relation to ordinary water and its purifying function.
Two separate questions remain: is this substance still water, and is it pure and purifying? Keeping a broad linguistic designation is not a license to treat all contaminated liquids as suitable for ablution. Evidence about purity must be applied on its own terms.