Is tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) permissible on hard ground?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If one does not find water or earth, is tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) permissible on hard ground?
Answer:
As long as he has pure earth to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) on, even if it is stone, or as long as he has something of the earth that is pure, he performs tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) on it. But if he has neither earth nor water, like a person who is crucified or a prisoner in a jail where there is nothing, he prays without tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) and without wudu' (the ablution for prayer). He prays according to his circumstances. The prayer is never abandoned; he prays, even without wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and without tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). Fear Allah as much as you are able. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If one does not find water or earth, is tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) permissible on hard ground?
Answer:
As long as he has pure earth to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) on, even if it is stone, or as long as he has something of the earth that is pure, he performs tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) on it. But if he has neither earth nor water, like a person who is crucified or a prisoner in a jail where there is nothing, he prays without tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) and without wudu' (the ablution for prayer). He prays according to his circumstances. The prayer is never abandoned; he prays, even without wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and without tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth). Fear Allah as much as you are able. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز التيمم على الأرض الصلبة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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