its placement therein and the passage of water over its parts shall be counted as a washing. If he agitates it in the water and moves it such that parts of it pass over it other than those that were in contact with it, this shall be counted as a second washing, just as if currents of running water had passed over it. If the item being washed is a vessel and water is poured into it, it shall not be counted as a washing until he empties it, because that is the custom in washing it, unless it holds two qullat or more; if he fills it, it is possible that circulating the water within it is treated as equivalent to the washings, because currents of water that were not previously in contact with it pass over its parts, thus it resembles the case where currents of running water pass over it.

Ibn Aqil said: Its washing is not achieved except by emptying it as well.

If the item being washed is a body that absorbs parts of the impurity, lifting it from the water shall not be counted as a washing except after wringing it out. The wringing out of everything is according to its nature; if it is a heavy carpet or a zilliyah (27), its wringing is by turning it over and beating it.

Section: That which is used to remove an impurity, if it separates while changed by the impurity, or before the location is purified, it is impure, because it has been changed by the impurity [so it becomes impure by it] (28), or it is a small amount of water that has encountered an impure location without purifying it, thus it is impure, just as if it had flowed upon it. If it separates unchanged from the washing by which the location was purified, then if the location was earth, it is pure, according to a single narration, because the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) ordered that a bucket of water be poured over the urine of the Bedouin to purify the earth upon which he had urinated; if the separated water were impure, that which spread from it upon the earth would have become impure, and the impurity would have increased. If it was other than earth, there are two views: Abu al-Khattab said: The more correct of the two is that it is pure. This is the school of al-Shafi'i, because it separated from a location ruled to be pure, so it is pure, like the eighth washing, and because the separated water is part of the connected water, and the connected water is pure, so the separated water is likewise. The second view: It is impure. This is the opinion of Abu Hanifah, and it was chosen by Abu Abd Allah ibn