Is water used for Istinja' (cleansing after urinating or defecating) considered pure if it emerges unchanged by impurity before the spot is purified?
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The water separated from the place of Istinja’ (cleaning oneself after relieving nature) before the impurity is cleansed: if it separates while changed by the impurity, it is impure by consensus. But if it separates without being changed and before the impurity is removed, there is a difference of opinion concerning it. Many scholars consider it impure, while the Malikis and those who agree with them deem it pure. It is permissible for a layperson to follow a specific madhhab (school of thought) or to ask trustworthy scholars.
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