❀ Shar‘i Ruling on the Purity of Huqqa (Hookah) Water ❀
Source: Fatāwā ʿUlamāʾ-e-Ḥadīth, Kitāb al-Ṭahārah, Volume 1, Page 42
Is the water used in a huqqa (hookah) considered pure or impure? If this water comes into contact with clothing, is prayer valid in that state?
If the three characteristics of water—
① Color
② Smell
③ Taste
—are altered due to najāsah (impurity), then the huqqa water is considered impure.
➡ In such a case, clothing stained with this water would be impure, and prayer in it would not be valid.
There is no direct Shar‘i evidence that categorically declares huqqa water to be impure.
Generally, the change in smell or color in such water is due to being enclosed and stagnant, not necessarily due to the presence of filth.
This is similar to well water, which, if left stagnant and mixed with fallen leaves, may develop a disagreeable smell, yet it is not classified as impure.
Likewise, huqqa water may become unpleasant but not necessarily najis.
✔ If the change in the water’s characteristics is due to impurity, then the water is impure, and prayer in soiled clothing is invalid.
✔ However, if the change is due to non-najis factors (e.g., flavor, leaves, or confinement), then the water remains pure, and clothing remains clean.
Allah knows best.
Verified by:
Mufti Abū Muhammad ʿAbd al-Sattār al-Muhājirī رحمه الله
(Fatāwā Sattāriyyah, Vol. 1, Page 81)
Note: Fafham wa Tadabbur
(ʿAlī Muhammad Saʿīdī, Jāmiʿah Saʿīdiyyah, Khāniwāl)
Source: Fatāwā ʿUlamāʾ-e-Ḥadīth, Kitāb al-Ṭahārah, Volume 1, Page 42
✿ Question:
Is the water used in a huqqa (hookah) considered pure or impure? If this water comes into contact with clothing, is prayer valid in that state?
✿ Answer:
If the three characteristics of water—
① Color
② Smell
③ Taste
—are altered due to najāsah (impurity), then the huqqa water is considered impure.
➡ In such a case, clothing stained with this water would be impure, and prayer in it would not be valid.
✿ Clarification:
There is no direct Shar‘i evidence that categorically declares huqqa water to be impure.
Generally, the change in smell or color in such water is due to being enclosed and stagnant, not necessarily due to the presence of filth.
This is similar to well water, which, if left stagnant and mixed with fallen leaves, may develop a disagreeable smell, yet it is not classified as impure.
Likewise, huqqa water may become unpleasant but not necessarily najis.
✿ Conclusion:
✔ If the change in the water’s characteristics is due to impurity, then the water is impure, and prayer in soiled clothing is invalid.
✔ However, if the change is due to non-najis factors (e.g., flavor, leaves, or confinement), then the water remains pure, and clothing remains clean.
Allah knows best.
Verified by:
Mufti Abū Muhammad ʿAbd al-Sattār al-Muhājirī رحمه الله
(Fatāwā Sattāriyyah, Vol. 1, Page 81)
Note: Fafham wa Tadabbur
(ʿAlī Muhammad Saʿīdī, Jāmiʿah Saʿīdiyyah, Khāniwāl)
