Water used by a person in a state of minor ritual impurity

Question
What is the ruling on using the water that a person in a state of minor ritual impurity has used for ablution?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: The water that a person in a state of ritual impurity uses for ablution becomes used water, and it becomes pure but not purifying for the ritual impurity. It is permissible to remove real impurity from clothing and the body with it, but it is not permissible to perform ablution or bathing with it; because the water becomes used as soon as it is used to remove the ritual impurity, whether it is with the intention of removing the impurity or without any intention at all. Refer to: Sharh Al-Waqaya p. 99, Al-Hidaya 1: 20, Noor Al-Iidah p. 23, and Al-Sayah 1: 396-397, and God knows best.
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