Wudu with Milk, Buttermilk and Broth

Question

Is wudu with milk, buttermilk, oil and the like valid or not? Or with water in which milk or buttermilk predominates in colour, while the property of fluidity remains? In the same way, [people] put turmeric into water and perform ghusl. The noble jurists write that when a pure thing mixes with water — like soap and the like — then as long as the property of fluidity remains, wudu and ghusl with it are valid. So how is it to perform wudu with broth on top of which there is no trace of fat? Or with something like it?

Answer

If the thing that is mixed into water is a solid, and its mixing in makes no difference to the fluidity and thinness of the water, then wudu and ghusl with such water are valid. If a liquid is mixed in, then: if it had three properties — upon two properties appearing; if it had two properties — upon one property appearing; and if it had no property — upon its becoming half or…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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