Umar on Wudu: The Caliph’s ablution from Christian water

Zayd ibn Aslam reported: Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, performed ablution using the water of a Christian woman, in the jar of a Christian woman.

Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 129

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Nawawi

Imam al-Shafi’i commented, “There is nothing wrong with performing ablution with the water of an idolater, or what is left over from their ablution, as long as it is known to contain no impurities. For water is clean in itself, wherever it is, unless it is known that impurities have mixed with it.”

Source: al-Umm lil-Shāfi’ī 1/21

عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ تَوَضَّأَ مِنْ مَاءِ نَصْرَانِيَّةٍ فِي جَرَّةِ نَصْرَانِيَّةٍ

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قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَلَا بَأْسَ بِالْوُضُوءِ مِنْ مَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِ وَبِفَضْلِ وُضُوئِهِ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ فِيهِ نَجَاسَةً لِأَنَّ لِلْمَاءِ طَهَارَةً عِنْدَ مَنْ كَانَ وَحَيْثُ كَانَ حَتَّى تُعْلَمَ نَجَاسَةٌ خَالَطَتْهُ

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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