The ruling on seeking water and searching for it before performing tayammum
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The questioner:
And the dropping of the type.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh. Honorable Shaykh. To a spring, to a spring of a person, it is evening. Then he went and prayed. And there is a village that is not real. Or a visit to a village. And he tells you that there are people of faith in it. Or a companion, and at the village is the companion of the visit.
The Shaykh:
If the water is near him, it is obligatory for him to go to it. If he has a car, the car is comfortable and takes him to the water quickly, and he goes to the water. For this reason, the jurists say it is obligatory to seek water in its vicinity and nearness, and by indication, meaning if he finds someone who points it out to him. As long as he can reach the water by any means, he goes to it. But if the water is lost and he does not know if he will get it or not, or if the water requires walking and the walking tires him and he has no car, he prays, and praise be to Allah, he performs tayammum and prays.
The questioner:
Companions of permission do not search for the specific contemporary ones.
The Shaykh:
If the search for it is a place where its existence is likely, he searches for it. They say it is obligatory for him to seek water, meaning to search for it. That is, if the search for it is a place where its existence is likely, he searches. But if it is not a place where water is likely to be, and there are no signs or indications pointing to the existence of nearby water, he is not required to search. Yes.
And the dropping of the type.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh. Honorable Shaykh. To a spring, to a spring of a person, it is evening. Then he went and prayed. And there is a village that is not real. Or a visit to a village. And he tells you that there are people of faith in it. Or a companion, and at the village is the companion of the visit.
The Shaykh:
If the water is near him, it is obligatory for him to go to it. If he has a car, the car is comfortable and takes him to the water quickly, and he goes to the water. For this reason, the jurists say it is obligatory to seek water in its vicinity and nearness, and by indication, meaning if he finds someone who points it out to him. As long as he can reach the water by any means, he goes to it. But if the water is lost and he does not know if he will get it or not, or if the water requires walking and the walking tires him and he has no car, he prays, and praise be to Allah, he performs tayammum and prays.
The questioner:
Companions of permission do not search for the specific contemporary ones.
The Shaykh:
If the search for it is a place where its existence is likely, he searches for it. They say it is obligatory for him to seek water, meaning to search for it. That is, if the search for it is a place where its existence is likely, he searches. But if it is not a place where water is likely to be, and there are no signs or indications pointing to the existence of nearby water, he is not required to search. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب التيمم — islamhouse.com (50:32)
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