Purity: Conditions for Qalīl Water Used in Washing Urinary Outlet to Remain Pure

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Ruling 26

Qalīl water with which the urinary outlet or the anus are washed does not make anything it comes into contact with impure, provided that five conditions are met:

1. it does not acquire the smell, colour, or taste of the impurity;

2. another impurity has not come into contact with it;

3. another impurity, such as blood, has not come out with the urine or faeces;

4. particles of faeces do not appear in the water;

5. a more than usual amount of impurity has not spread around the urinary outlet or the anus.

-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Purification (Taharah)