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Is it permissible to perform ablution (wudu') with water from a basin that collected the water used for ritual bathing (ghusl) after major ritual impurity (janabah)?

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The majority of scholars hold the view that used water is pure but not purifying, meaning that it is not permissible to perform ablution (wudu') or ritual bathing (ghusl) with it.

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