one of you in stagnant water while he is in a state of major ritual impurity," narrated by Muslim (16). He forbade ghusl in it just as he forbade urinating in it; if it did not provide a prohibition, he would not have forbidden it. Furthermore, because a barrier to prayer was removed by it, it is not permissible to use it for another purification, just like water used in removing impurity.

Section: All types of hadath (ritual impurity) are equal in what we have mentioned: minor ritual impurity (hadath asghar), major ritual impurity (janabah), menstruation (hayd), and postpartum bleeding (nifas). Likewise, water separated from washing a deceased person [is the same], if we hold it to be pure. There is a difference of opinion regarding water separated from the ghusl of a non-Muslim woman (dhimmiyyah) due to menstruation; it is narrated that it is purifying, because she did not remove a barrier to prayer, thus it is like [water used for cooling oneself] (17). It is also narrated that it is not purifying, because she removed by it the barrier to marital intercourse, so it is like water with which a Muslim woman has performed ghusl. If she performed ghusl with it due to janabah, it is purifying in all accounts, because it did not remove a barrier to prayer nor was it used in an act of worship, so it is like water used for cooling (18). It is also possible that its use is prohibited, because it was used in ghusl due to janabah, making it like water with which a Muslim woman has performed ghusl.

Section: If it is used in a recommended purification that is not mandatory, such as renewing ablution, the second and third washings in ablution, ghusl for Friday prayer, the two Eids, and others, there are two narrations regarding it:

One of them: It is like water used in removing hadath, because it is a legislated purification, similar to if one performed ghusl with it due to janabah.

The second: It does not prevent [it from being purifying], because it did not remove a barrier to prayer, similar to if one used it for cooling.

If the purification is not legislated, the use of water in it has no effect, and it is as if one had used it for cooling (19) or washed one's garment with it. There is no difference of opinion that what is used for cooling and cleaning remains in its unrestricted state, and we do not know of any disagreement regarding this.