A Mouse Found in the Hammam (Water Tank)

Question

(1) A mouse fell into a hammam (water tank); the time of its falling is unknown; moreover, the water of this hammam was slightly warm, and the mouse was found swollen. Are the wudu and ghusl of whoever performed wudu or ghusl with this water valid? If they are not valid, then according to the correct position of the school, the prayers and ghusl of how many days are to be repeated? (2) [If the imam] performed wudu with the water [in which there was] the swollen mouse, and a follower (muqtadi)

Answer

(1) Caution (ihtiyat) lies in repeating the prayers of three days and three nights; but there is also room to rule [the water] impure from the time it became known. (2) He too must repeat [the prayer]. (3) They may also perform [it] in congregation.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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