Purity: Is Wudūʾ or Ghusl Valid with Naturally Hard or Salty Water?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Is Wudūʾ or Ghusl Valid with Naturally Hard or Salty Water?

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Question #73

What is the rule of wuḍū’ or ghusl made with water hard by nature such as sea water which is hard by its natural salts (like the water of Urumiyeh Lake in Iran) or water that is harder than that?

Answer #73

The mere hardness of the water due to the presence of salts does not prevent it from being considered as unadulterated water. And the criteria by which the shar‘ī application of unadulterated water comes into effect, is that the water must be regarded as such in the common view.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules Concerning the Different Types of Water