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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Order of Wiping in Tayammum

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The questioner:
Yes. Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh:
Peace be upon you.

The questioner:
May Allah preserve you. A man asks: He is in a state of tayammum and wipes his hands, then his face. What is the correct ruling?

The Shaykh:
He wipes his hands, then his face.

The questioner:
No, he wipes his hands, then his face only.

The Shaykh:
No, he does not return, if Allah wills. The correct order is to wipe his face, then his hands.

The questioner:
What if he wiped his hands, then his face, then his hands again?

The Shaykh:
If he wiped his face, then his hands, intending ritual purity, there is no harm; that is sufficient.

The questioner:
Is the order of wiping the face with the hands obligatory, O Shaykh? What if he reversed it?

The Shaykh:
“And wipe your faces and your hands.”

The questioner:
The tayammum would be invalid, meaning if
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، [370-369 /400] رجل تيمم ومسح كفيه ثم وجهه، هل يصح؟ ولو مسح كفيه ثم وجهه ثم كفيه هل يصح؟ II ابن باز — youtube.com

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