Is it correct what the Shafi'is say that tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) is only valid for a single prayer?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: With you is Salem from Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: I have two issues I want to ask you about?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: Regarding tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Is it true what the Shafi'is say that tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) is for only one obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh: It is not true. Rather, the one performing tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) prays with it whatever he prays with wudu' (the ablution for prayer). However, if he finds water, he must use the water, and it is not permissible for him to pray anything with that tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) after he has found water. As for before that, the matter is as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ... Yes, that is correct.
The questioner: Okay, they cite evidence. I asked you and discussed it with some students. They cite evidence that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the hadith of 'Umar in Muslim and in "Muntakha Ibn al-Jarud" and others, cite evidence that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the sermon at the Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the sermon and... meaning with one wudu' (the ablution for prayer), and he did not perform a wudu' (the ablution for prayer) for every prayer. This indicates that they say wudu' (the ablution for prayer) was for every prayer at the beginning of their Islam, but after the Conquest of Makkah, the ruling was abrogated... tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) remained on the original ruling, which is that tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) is for every prayer.
The Shaykh: A scholar does not say this.
The questioner: No, but... even Ibn Rushd al-Hafid in "Al-Muqaddimat" mentions this statement about Imam al-Nawawi; they say he mentioned it in "Al-Majmu'".
The Shaykh: A scholar does not say this.
The questioner: Meaning the evidence is invalid.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Okay, so regarding another issue, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: With you is Salem from Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: I have two issues I want to ask you about?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: Regarding tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Is it true what the Shafi'is say that tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) is for only one obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh: It is not true. Rather, the one performing tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) prays with it whatever he prays with wudu' (the ablution for prayer). However, if he finds water, he must use the water, and it is not permissible for him to pray anything with that tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) after he has found water. As for before that, the matter is as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) is the purification of the Muslim, even if he does not find water for ten years.
التيمُّم طهور المسلم ولو لم يَجِدِ الماء إلى عشر سنينThe questioner: Okay, they cite evidence. I asked you and discussed it with some students. They cite evidence that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in the hadith of 'Umar in Muslim and in "Muntakha Ibn al-Jarud" and others, cite evidence that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the sermon at the Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the sermon and... meaning with one wudu' (the ablution for prayer), and he did not perform a wudu' (the ablution for prayer) for every prayer. This indicates that they say wudu' (the ablution for prayer) was for every prayer at the beginning of their Islam, but after the Conquest of Makkah, the ruling was abrogated... tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) remained on the original ruling, which is that tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) is for every prayer.
The Shaykh: A scholar does not say this.
The questioner: No, but... even Ibn Rushd al-Hafid in "Al-Muqaddimat" mentions this statement about Imam al-Nawawi; they say he mentioned it in "Al-Majmu'".
The Shaykh: A scholar does not say this.
The questioner: Meaning the evidence is invalid.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Okay, so regarding another issue, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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