I did not find water to perform wudu, so I prayed in my current state. What is the ruling on my prayer?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. One day I was near the mosque, and it was time for the Friday prayer. I did not have wudu, and I could not find water to perform wudu, so I prayed with the congregation in my state. Do I have to repeat the prayer?
Answer:
Yes, as long as you are in a town where water is available, it is not permissible for you to pray without wudu. This is because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:[An-Nisa 4:43] And the condition for the permissibility of tayammum, or for its being prescribed, is the absence of water. As long as you are in a town where water exists, even if it requires you to search and ask, it is not permissible for you to leave off wudu or pray without wudu. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. One day I was near the mosque, and it was time for the Friday prayer. I did not have wudu, and I could not find water to perform wudu, so I prayed with the congregation in my state. Do I have to repeat the prayer?
Answer:
Yes, as long as you are in a town where water is available, it is not permissible for you to pray without wudu. This is because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
and find no water, then seek clean earth
فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لم أجد ماءا لأتوضأ فصليت على حالي، فما حكم صلاتي؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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