What is the ruling when a vessel is contaminated by multiple impurities of unequal legal standing?
Chapter on what purification is achieved with regarding water
Al-Mughni
Book of Purification
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If some of the impurities are more severe in their ruling than others, such as dog saliva (wulūgh) mixed with other types of impurities, the ruling defaults to that of the most severe impurity. The requirement for purifying the most severe impurity encompasses the purification requirements for the lesser ones.