The Ruling on Tayammum in Extreme Cold or Illness
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The questioner:
If the cold is severe and one cannot find a way to warm the water, does one perform tayammum for prayer, or not?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if he suffers harm from the cold and has no means to heat the water, he performs tayammum, just as 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) did in some of the military expeditions. He went out as the commander of one of the expeditions and had a wet dream at night, and they had nothing with which to heat the water, so he (may Allah be pleased with him) performed tayammum and led his companions in prayer. When he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he mentioned this to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved of it and did not order him to repeat the prayer. However, if he has a means of heating, it is obligatory for him to heat the water and perform ghusl. Illness, yes, illness, or... or an effect, even if it is a respiratory infection or a cold, yes.
The questioner:
Does it disappear if the midday prayer time arrives, or should there be...?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if he finds a place in the car where he can perform ghusl. Do not accept it in the car, do not accept it. The dawn prayer was valid with tayammum; if he prayed it, it was valid. If the midday prayer time arrives and he finds what he needs, it is for the next prayer only. Yes.
The questioner:
And there is doubt about the one who said that this is specific to ghusl and not for wudu'. How? The one who said that this... No.
The Shaykh:
It is all the same, even wudu'. If it becomes harmful to him due to frozen water, it is permissible for him. How does it affect him? There is no doubt that the face is the gathering place of the senses and the gathering place of matters. Yes.
If the cold is severe and one cannot find a way to warm the water, does one perform tayammum for prayer, or not?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if he suffers harm from the cold and has no means to heat the water, he performs tayammum, just as 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) did in some of the military expeditions. He went out as the commander of one of the expeditions and had a wet dream at night, and they had nothing with which to heat the water, so he (may Allah be pleased with him) performed tayammum and led his companions in prayer. When he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he mentioned this to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved of it and did not order him to repeat the prayer. However, if he has a means of heating, it is obligatory for him to heat the water and perform ghusl. Illness, yes, illness, or... or an effect, even if it is a respiratory infection or a cold, yes.
The questioner:
Does it disappear if the midday prayer time arrives, or should there be...?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if he finds a place in the car where he can perform ghusl. Do not accept it in the car, do not accept it. The dawn prayer was valid with tayammum; if he prayed it, it was valid. If the midday prayer time arrives and he finds what he needs, it is for the next prayer only. Yes.
The questioner:
And there is doubt about the one who said that this is specific to ghusl and not for wudu'. How? The one who said that this... No.
The Shaykh:
It is all the same, even wudu'. If it becomes harmful to him due to frozen water, it is permissible for him. How does it affect him? There is no doubt that the face is the gathering place of the senses and the gathering place of matters. Yes.
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