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and this is one of the reports from Ahmad, especially if the dung was mixed with the clay used to plaster the roof, since it may have undergone a transformation. Even if it has not, the amount carried by the raindrops is small.
He was asked:
If a mouse urinates on bedding, may one pray on it?
He replied:
Washing it is more cautious. A small amount is excused according to one of the two scholarly views, which is also one of the two reports from Ahmad.
He was asked:
Are hedgehog quills impure?
He replied:
Praise be to Allah. They are pure according to the majority of scholars, even if found after the hedgehog’s death. This is the view of Mālik and Abū Hanīfah, and the apparent position of Ahmad’s school.
وَهُوَ إحْدَى الرِّوَايَاتِ عَنْ أَحْمَد لَا سِيَّمَا إذَا كَانَ الزِّبْلُ قَدْ خُلِطَ بِالطِّينِ الَّذِي طُيِّنَ بِهِ السَّطْحُ فَقَدْ يَكُونُ قَدْ اسْتَحَالَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَحِلْ فَاَلَّذِي تَعَلَّقَ بِالْقَطْرِ شَيْءٌ يَسِيرٌ.
وَسُئِلَ:
عَمَّا إذَا بَالَ الْفَأْرُ فِي الْفِرَاشِ هَلْ يُصَلَّى فِيهِ؟ .
فَأَجَابَ:
غَسْلُهُ أَحْوَطُ وَيُعْفَى عَنْ يَسِيرِهِ فِي أَحَدِ قَوْلَيْ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَهُوَ إحْدَى الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ عَنْ أَحْمَد.
وَسُئِلَ:
عَنْ رِيشِ الْقُنْفُذِ هَلْ هُوَ نَجِسٌ؟
فَأَجَابَ:
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، هُوَ طَاهِرٌ وَإِنْ وُجِدَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ عِنْدَ جُمْهُورِ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْهَبُ مَالِكٍ وَأَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَأَحْمَد فِي ظَاهِرِ مَذْهَبِهِ.