which is not altered by it, is pure. This is also the view of al-Shafi'i. Abu Hanifah said: The ground is not purified until the water separates, and the separated water is impure, because the impurity has transferred into it, so it is impure, as if it had fallen onto it. Our argument is what Anas narrated, saying: A Bedouin came and urinated in a corner of the mosque, so the people rebuked him. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, forbade them. When he finished urinating, he commanded that a bucket (dhanub) of water be poured over it. In another version: He called him and said: "The mosques are not suitable for anything of this urine or filth; they are only for the remembrance of Allah Almighty, prayer, and the recitation of the Quran," or as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said. He then ordered a man, who brought a bucket of water and poured it over it. This is mutually agreed upon. If the separated water were not pure, he would have commanded the increase of its defilement, for it was in one spot and then became in many places. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, only intended to purify the mosque. If it is said: It has been narrated from Ibn Ma'qil, that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: "Take the soil upon which he urinated, and pour water on its place." And Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash narrated from Sim'an, from Abu Wa'il, from 'Abdullah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said: He ordered it to be dug up. We reply: This addition is not in a connected (muttasil) report, as al-Khattabi stated. The hadith of Ibn Ma'qil is mursal. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Ma'qil did not meet the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The hadith of Sim'an is munkar. Imam Ahmad said this, and he said: I do not know who Sim'an is. Furthermore, the wetness remaining in the location after washing it is pure, and it is a part of what separates from it, so the separated water is likewise. As for their statement that the impurity transferred into it, we say: It did so after it became pure, for if the water did not purify it, it would have become impure through meeting it, and if it had become impure through it, the location would not have been purified, and the remainder of it in the location would be impure. Al-Qadi said: It is only...