with it. This is the view of Abu Hanifa and al-Thawri.

This narration indicates the view of the purity of their leftover water; for if it were impure, purification with it would not be permissible. It is narrated from Isma'il ibn Sa'id: There is no harm in the leftover water of beasts of prey, because Umar said regarding beasts of prey: "They come to us, and we come to them (17)."

Al-Hasan, 'Ata', al-Zuhri, Yahya al-Ansari (18), Bukayr ibn al-Ashajj (19), Rabi'a (20), Abu al-Zinad (21), Malik, al-Shafi'i, and Ibn al-Mundhir all granted concessions regarding the leftover water of all of these creatures, based on the hadith of Abu Sa'id regarding the water basins (22). It has also been narrated from Jabir (23). In another hadith from Jabir, the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was asked: "Shall we perform ablution with what the donkeys have left over?" He said: "Yes, and with what all beasts of prey have left over." This was narrated by al-Shafi'i in his Musnad (24), and this is an explicit text (nass). Furthermore, because it is an animal from which benefit is permissible without necessity, it is pure, like a sheep.

The line of reasoning for the first narration is that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was asked about water and the beasts of prey that frequent it, and he said: "When water reaches two qullas (large vessels), it does not become impure." If they were pure, he would not have restricted it to two qullas. He said...