from the mosque." She said: "I am menstruating." He said: "Your menstruation is not in your hand." The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to drink from the remnants of 'A'isha while she was menstruating, and he would place his mouth on the same spot as hers. She would also gnaw on a piece of meat while menstruating, and the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) would take it and place his mouth on the same spot as hers. She used to wash the head of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) while she was menstruating (3). The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) performed wudu from the water skin (mazada) of a polytheist woman (agreed upon). Umar also performed wudu from the jar of a Christian woman. The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) accepted the invitation of a Jew who invited him to bread and rancid fat (4). This is because disbelief is a matter of the heart and does not affect the impurity of the exterior, just like other matters of the heart, and the fundamental state is purity. A distinction may be drawn between a Person of the Book who does not eat carrion or swine, and others who do eat carrion or swine, or those whose slaughtered meat is not lawful, just as we have distinguished between them regarding their utensils and garments.

Section: As for the purity (tahuriyya) of the water, the dipping of the hands of a menstruating woman or a disbeliever into water does not affect it in any way, because their state of ritual impurity is not lifted. As for the person in a state of janaba, if he did not intend by dipping his hand into the water to lift the ritual impurity from it (5), it remains in its state of purity, based on the evidence of the hadith of the woman who said: "I dipped my hands into the water while I was in a state of janaba," and the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "The water does not become impure due to janaba." Furthermore, ritual impurity is not lifted without intention, so it is similar to the dipping of the menstruating woman's hand. If he did intend to lift its ritual impurity, then the ruling of the water is the same as if the person in a state of janaba performed ghusl in it for the janaba. Some of our colleagues said: If he intends to lift the ritual impurity and then dips his hand into the water to scoop with it, the water becomes "used" water (musta'mal). The correct view, if Allah wills, is that if he intends to scoop, it does not become "used" water, because the intention to scoop prevents the intention of washing it, similar to what we have explained regarding someone performing wudu who scoops water from a vessel after washing his face.

If a woman’s menstruation has ceased but she has not yet performed ghusl, she is like the person in a state of janaba regarding the details we have mentioned. There is a differing narration (6) from Ahmad regarding this. In one instance, regarding a person in a state of janaba or a menstruating woman dipping their hand...