When There's No Water: The Complete Guide to Tayammum
Tayammum (Dry Ablution): Method, Rules, and When It Replaces Wudoo
Summary
Sh. Ali Mashhour continues his lecture on the book of purification, specifically focusing on the rules and procedure of tayammum (dry ablution) when water is unavailable. He explains the hadith where a companion fell into janaba (sexual impurity) without access to water and used tayammum instead. Sh. Ali Mashhour details the proper method: striking the ground once, blowing into the hands to remove debris, and wiping the face and hands. He clarifies that tayammum takes the place of wudoo (regular ablution) and follows the same invalidation rules, requiring renewal only when wudoo would be broken or water becomes available again.
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Alhamdulillah. Continuing.
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In the book of purification of the chapters regarding and we have arrived today at the description. description ofum. How to make after discussing the parameters of aum yesterday discussing with what a person may make. Today the author takes us into.
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Here we have who says that one day I fell into janaba. I was in a state of janaba and I was unable to source water to to bathe. And so I he attempted in his attempt to make he says I essentially rolled around and dusted myself out and then I made salah. And so I then later mentioned this to the prophet sallall.aii wasallam meaning he mentioned how he made or how he made he said and so the prophet sallall.aii wasallam responded and said it was enough for you to do this. And so then the prophet sallallah.aii wasallam struck the ground with his two hands and then he blew into his hands, wiped over his face and over his two hands from the wrist. Okay? So he did this, right? And the reason why he blew into his hands is because wherever he was, it's possible that there was some thorns or something from the desert that were in the ground. So, you know, he's not going to So, the light blow into the hands is to get all the, you know, big pieces, thorns, whatever it is, out of the hands. And then he wiped his face and his hands this. I just made right you know a simulation of is what I just did. So he struck the ground. He blew into his hands. Do you have to blow into your hands? No. That's not part of that is only if there's some things stuck to your hands, right? that you don't want on your face. Okay. So, he he hit the ground once, not three times, just once. Then he if there's anything stuck to the hands, you can blow or you can dust it off that. And then the face, the same place you would wipe. And then the right hand and the left hand. That's it. Do you have to do between the fingers? You sure you don't have to make sure that you get it between the fingers and the knuckles? Huh? Do you have to scrub them together? Should you put it inside of your beard? Okay. None of that is part of that is part of right is that what I just showed you. Nothing more, nothing less. Right? in if there's anything if there's not wipe the face and the hands. That's it. That's the So the prophet showed him how to do that. forch.
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An important point that the author mentions here is that takes the place of wudoo, right? It takes the place of wudoo under certain circumstances. Therefore, what is what invalidates woo is what invalidates nothing else. Therefore, a person may make before the time for a salah is in. They do not have to remake for each salah. As long as they have not done anything, that would invalidate their wudoo. The only thing that wudoo and differ on. The only thing that wudoo and differ on is that immediately becomes invalid as soon as a person is able to use water again. That's the only difference. The only difference because some of the mention that a person has to use has to make for each salah that he wishes to pray. So if a person were to have made for say and then made salah then when the time of comes in they have to make again because is a temporary thing that stops with the end of each time for prayer. But there's no evidence for this takes the place of wudoo. And so just as you do not have to make woo each time a new time for prayer comes in, you do not have to make more than once unless unless you have broken your wudoo or that that equivalent of wudoo use the restroom or any of the invalidators of woo then you would make teum again. Otherwise the same rulings go as for woo form. Why? Because takes its place. And the same thing goes forid. Let's say a person is in a state of janaba. They do not have access to water. They're unable to use water. They make right. They make now they pray. What about touching or handling the mus? Same ruling. You may now touch and handle the mus. What about making? The same thing. You may now make anything that is for is for in the absence of water or in the instance in which water is not an option. Someone here gave me the flute. Was it you? You? I'm going to find whoever bit you. Whatever disc.