Is tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) required for carrying ritual impurity?

Question : Is tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) required for carrying this ritual impurity?

Answer : The correct view is no; it is not obligatory to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), nor is it prescribed for this ritual impurity. The school of thought says that if the flesh has covered it, tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) is not obligatory because it is not apparent, but if it has not been covered, tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) is obligatory because the ritual impurity is apparent. However, the correct view, as we have passed through in the chapter on tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), is that one does not perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) for ritual impurities. If a person has ritual impurity on his body and it is difficult for him to wash it, he should pray without performing tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), because tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) was only established for purification from a state of ritual impurity (hadath), not for purification from physical impurity (najasah).