The state in which tayammum is obligatory
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Honorable Shaykh! Is it permissible for us to perform tayammum simply because we have lost access to water, even though we will find it before the time expires?
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: [Al-Ma'idah: 6] So He commanded us to perform wudu' from minor ritual impurity and to purify ourselves from major ritual impurity when we stand for prayer. If we do not find [water], we perform tayammum. It is permissible for one who does not have water when the time for prayer enters to perform tayammum,But the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: if he is likely to find water before the time expires, it is better to delay the tayammum until he reaches the water.
The questioner: But some of the brothers mentioned to us that Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) performed tayammum and prayed while he could see the walls of the city.
And this was at the beginning of the time, so what is your guidance regarding this report?The Shaykh: I do not know about this report,But we derive evidence from the verse, as you heard: [Al-Ma'idah: 6] at any time,But the best, as I said: that he should delay [it] as long as he hopes to find water.
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janabah, then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and do not find water, then seek
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ جُنُباً فَاطَّهَّرُوا وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضَى أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَائِطِ أَوْ لامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُواThe questioner: But some of the brothers mentioned to us that Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) performed tayammum and prayed while he could see the walls of the city.
And this was at the beginning of the time, so what is your guidance regarding this report?The Shaykh: I do not know about this report,But we derive evidence from the verse, as you heard: