Purity: Is It Permissible to Use Spring Water for Purification If It Passes Through Usurped Land?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: Is It Permissible to Use Spring Water for Purification If It Passes Through Usurped Land?
English:
Question #107
A spring flows out in a piece of land. If we want to carry the water by pipes to an area at a distance of several kilometers, it is necessary to lay pipes on land of some other people. In the case of dissatisfaction of the owners, is it permissible to use the spring water for wuḍū’, ghusl and other acts of purification?
Answer #107
If the spring is natural, situated beside and outside other’s property, and its water flows into the pipes before it flows on others' property and carried to the said area, there is nothing wrong in using the water unless the common view consider it a violation of others’ properties.