Ghusālah of Qalīl Water
Issue No.33- If an object that has become najis is washed with less than kurr water which is ṭāhir, it becomes ṭāhir (under the circumstances that will be explained later). However, the water that separates from it – called ghusālah– is najis; the one exception being the water with which the outlets of urine and faeces are washed, provided that the following five conditions are met: 1) It does not take on the smell, colour or taste of the najāsah. 2) No najāsah has reached it from outside. 3) It is not accompanied by any other najāsah like blood or urine.4) As an obligatory precaution, particles of faeces do not appear in the water. 5) More than usual najāsah has not spread around the outlet. It should be noted that the ṭahārah of water in these circumstances means that if it comes into contact with one’s body or clothes, it is not necessary to rinse it, yet it cannot be used for other purposes in the same way as other ṭāhir water is used.
