Guidelines for Performing Tayammum
Creator: Shaikh Abdullaah bin Saalih Al-Ubaylaan
Date: 2007-07-25
Format: text
Identifier: http://web.archive.org/web/20020625053255/www.al-manhaj.com/articleprnt.cfm?ArticleID=141
Language: en
Subject: prayer
Title: Guidelines for Performing Tayammum
Created on: Wed Jul 25 20:53:31 -0400 2007
Updated on: Wed Feb 06 16:57:16 -0500 2008
Version: 3
Abstract: ... Jaabir (radyAllaahu ‘anhu) that the Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The earth was made a masjid (place of prayer) and a purity for me. So any man from my ummah (nation) who has the time for prayer come upon him, then let him pray, for he has his place of prayer and his purifier with him. So if the prayer time comes upon him and he is in a land in which there is sand or the prayer time comes upon him and he is in a smooth surfaced land, then in this situation, he is ordered to perform Tayammum with this earth.” [Reported by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim] Such a person can pray what he wishes from the prayers with this Tayammum, whether the prayer be obligatory or supererogatory. This is because the ruling that Tayammum takes is the same ruling as water. So whatever nullifies one’s wudoo (ablution), then it also nullifies and renders void one’s Tayammum. However, if water is found (and one has Tayammum), something extra is required. So if water becomes available it becomes obligatory for this person to make wudoo (ablution) with it even if his Tayammum hasn’t gotten nullified by one of the factors that cancel out wudoo. This is based on the hadeeth of Abu Hurairah (radyAllaahu ‘anhu) who said: “Allaah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘The eart... [Full Article...]
