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bayhaqi:1225Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith al-Faqīh > Abū Aḥmad b. Ḥayyān > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan > Abū ʿĀmir > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Abū ʿAmr

[Machine] Water is pure as long as it has not been contaminated by the taste or smell of a dead animal.  

البيهقي:١٢٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ أنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا أَبُو عَمْرٍو ثنا الزُّهْرِيُّ فِي الْغَدِيرِ تَقَعُ فِيهِ الدَّابَّةُ فَتَمُوتُ قَالَ

الْمَاءُ طَهُورٌ مَا لَمْ يَقِلَّ فَتُنَجِّسُهُ الْمَيْتَةُ طَعْمَهُ أَوْ رِيحَهُ