The Ruling on Tayammum When Water Is Nearby
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, sometimes the water supply is cut off at the school, and the number of students exceeds one thousand. Is it permissible for us to perform tayammum for the Zuhr prayer?
Answer:
No. Either the water is repaired through maintenance so that people can perform wudu, or you go out and perform wudu from the mosques around you, from the restrooms around you. Do not perform tayammum when you have water present. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:43] So you are finding water, and it is near you. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, sometimes the water supply is cut off at the school, and the number of students exceeds one thousand. Is it permissible for us to perform tayammum for the Zuhr prayer?
Answer:
No. Either the water is repaired through maintenance so that people can perform wudu, or you go out and perform wudu from the mosques around you, from the restrooms around you. Do not perform tayammum when you have water present. Allah the Exalted said:
and find no water, then seek clean earth
فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/043 — archive.org (12:36)
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