Some of them performed ablution with it, and most scholars forbade ablution with it, and I say that it is forbidden because of the lack of authenticity of the prophetic report regarding it, which they took as evidence, and if the hadith was authentic, his saying would not be a text regarding ablution with it, for
he, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said that it contains a good date and pure water
That is, wine was combined between dates and water, so it was called wine, so the water was pure before mixing, and if it is correct to say that it [page 354 of the Cairo edition] is a pure drink, it was not a text in ablution with it, and it must be because it is possible to purify a garment from impurity, for God has not legislated for us purity. To pray when there is no water, except for tayammum with dirt, especially
( The internal ruling has been reached in that matter )
As for the internal ruling in that, the one who made it In his knowledge of God based on the legitimate evidence, which is a branch in evidence from the rational evidence, which is the origin, and the author of the legitimate evidence does not have knowledge of what is proven by the law as evidence in knowledge of God, so it is weak in evidence. If he called it pure water and a good date, that is due to the mixing of the two evidences, and the imitator is not able to separate the two. The two evidences, since this mixing includes the rational evidence, may be used in evidence, so it is permissible