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(v) More than usual impurity has not reached the sides of the outlet Running Water 29. Running water is that water which springs up from the earth and begins to flow (e.g. the water of a spring or a canal). Even if such water is less than a Kurr it does not become impure by contacting an impurity so long as it does not acquire the smell, color, or taste of that impurity. 30.

If an impurity reaches the running water that part of the water, whose smell, color, or taste changes on account of the impurity, is impure and that side which is connected with a spring is pure although it may be less than a Kurr. As regards the water of the other side of the canal if it is equal to a Kurr or is connected with the water of the side of the spring by means of the water which has not changed, it is pure, but otherwise it is impure. 31.

The water of a spring which is not running but is such that if water is taken from it, it gushes once again is as good as running water i.e. if an impurity reaches it, it is pure so long as its smell, color or taste does not change because of the impurity. 32. When water adjacent to the bank of a canal is stationary and is connected with running water it does not become impure if its smell, color or taste does not change by meeting an impurity. 33.

When, for example, the water of a spring gushes m winter but ceases to gush in summer, it can be treated as running water only when it gushes. 34. If the water of the basin of a bath-room (Hammam) is less than a Kurr but is connected with a store of water which when added to the water of the basin becomes equal to a Kurr it does not become impure by meeting an impurity if its smell, color or taste does not undergo a change. 35.

If the water of the pipes of bathrooms and buildings, which pours through taps and showers, becomes equal to a Kurr after the addition of the water of the tank with which they are connected, it is treated to be Kurr water. 36. If water flows on the earth but does not gush from it and its quantity is less than a Kurr and an impurity reaches it, it becomes impure.

However, if the water is flowing with pressure and, for example, if the impurity touches its lower part its upper part will not become impure. Rain Water 37. An impure thing becomes pure if rainwater falls on it once, provided that it does not contain an original impurity. It is also not necessary to squeeze a carpet or a dress after rainwater has fallen on it.