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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If I have an open wound on my hand and I am unable to wash it with water, am I permitted to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for it?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I have an open wound on my hand and I am unable to wash it with water, am I permitted to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for it?

Answer:
Yes, perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for it. Keep the water away from it; it is not a condition that there be something on it. Keep the water away and perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [261 -3022] إذا كان في يدي جرحٌ مكشوف، ولا أستطيع أن أغسله بالماء، فهل لي أن أتيمم عنه؟ — youtube.com

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