If a Muslim is far from water; does he perform tayammum?
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The questioner : Regarding this same second topic, Shaykh, we read in the schoolbooks, specifically, that if a person is far from water ... or something similar ...?
The Shaykh : It is the noble verse:[An-Nisa 4:43], which means you do not know where the water is, so the command does not require searching for water. Rather, as he (peace be upon him) said in the authentic hadith: , mentioning among them: Sahih al-Bukhari 438; meaning the earth. This is one scenario; [An-Nisa 4:43] means you do not know that there is water in a place around you. The second scenario is that you know there is water in a place, but if you reach it, the time will be missed; so you are not obligated to seek it and reach it ... or.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If the time is missed?
The Shaykh : Yes, or if the time is not missed, but you are sick, for example, and you cannot reach it except with great difficulty, or you do not have a means to reach the water comfortably; then you also perform tayammum. The purpose of this statement is to distinguish between the case of one who is traveling and the prayer time arrives and he has no water; he is not obligated to search for water; so his means of purification is at his disposal. In contrast to this, if he knows that there is water in a nearby town, for example, and he can reach it before the time expires, he does this.
The questioner : But if, for example, he is at home and his neighbors have water but I do not have any; is it possible ...?
The Shaykh : Why not?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, this is a matter of cooperation in good.
The questioner : His inability to bear the cold water and there is no means to find hot water?
The Shaykh : He performs tayammum.
The questioner : He performs tayammum.
The Shaykh : It is the noble verse:
and find no water, then seek clean earth
فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًاI was preferred over the prophets before me with five characteristics
فُضِّلت على الأنبياء قبلي بخمس خصالTherefore my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due.
وأيُّما رجلٍ من أمَّتي أدركَتْه الصلاة فعنده مسجده وطهورهfind no water
لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءًThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If the time is missed?
The Shaykh : Yes, or if the time is not missed, but you are sick, for example, and you cannot reach it except with great difficulty, or you do not have a means to reach the water comfortably; then you also perform tayammum. The purpose of this statement is to distinguish between the case of one who is traveling and the prayer time arrives and he has no water; he is not obligated to search for water; so his means of purification is at his disposal. In contrast to this, if he knows that there is water in a nearby town, for example, and he can reach it before the time expires, he does this.
The questioner : But if, for example, he is at home and his neighbors have water but I do not have any; is it possible ...?
The Shaykh : Why not?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, this is a matter of cooperation in good.
The questioner : His inability to bear the cold water and there is no means to find hot water?
The Shaykh : He performs tayammum.
The questioner : He performs tayammum.
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