Ablution with chlorinated tap water

A question on ablution with chlorinated tap water, which Egypt's Dar al-Ifta answered is permitted. ¹

The questioner said that when he makes ablution and rinses his mouth, the tap water sometimes has an odd taste and a whitish colour. ¹ He asked about the ruling on ablution with this water. ¹

Dar al-Ifta answered that ablution with it is permitted. ¹ It held that a slight change of taste or colour from mixing with something pure does not harm the water so long as the water keeps its name, its thinness and its flow. ¹ Its condition was that the water has not been shown to be mixed with an impurity that alters any of its three qualities. ¹

Egypt's Dar al-Ifta published this fatwa on its site as no. 9033, dated 10 August 2026, in its purity category, among the fatwas of Grand Mufti Nazir Ayyad. ¹ The museum records this answer as a historical text attributed to its author; it issues no ruling of its own.