A man woke up from sleep in a state of major ritual impurity and did not find warm water, and the weather was cold, and he was with people and was too shy to ask them to heat water for him, so he performed dry ablution with clean earth and prayed. What is the ruling on this?
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The questioner : A man woke up after the call to the dawn prayer in a state of major ritual impurity, and after he got up, he did not find warm water to perform the full ritual bath with; he did not find anything but cold water.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is winter and the cold is severe.
The Shaykh : Yes, and he did not find anything to heat the water with?
The questioner : No, but he was in a house, for example, it was not his house.
The Shaykh : It was not his house.
The questioner : It was not his residence.
The Shaykh : Well, he should knock on their door and say: "People, I need hot water."
The questioner : He was shy of the people in the house.
The Shaykh : No, Allah is not shy of the truth. Everyone experiences nocturnal emission; this is not an excuse.
But suppose he is in the desert and has nothing but cold water, and he fears harm or illness for himself, then he should perform dry ablution with clean earth until he finds something to heat the water with, do you understand?
As for the matter of shyness, there is no shyness, yes.
The questioner : If he had done so.
The Shaykh : Perhaps if he had done this, if they had a daughter and they saw a man who had a nocturnal emission, they might say, "Come, we will marry you to our daughter."
The questioner : No, he had intercourse with his wife.
The Shaykh : Yes, his wife was with him.
The questioner : His wife was with him in the same house.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : But he did not find [water].
The Shaykh : This is more excusable.
The questioner : And he was shy to wake them up, so he performed dry ablution with clean earth and prayed the dawn prayer.
The Shaykh : I say: This is more excusable and more excusable.
The questioner : Well, he performed dry ablution with clean earth and he prayed the dawn prayer.
The Shaykh : He must repeat the prayer. Tell him he must repeat the prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is winter and the cold is severe.
The Shaykh : Yes, and he did not find anything to heat the water with?
The questioner : No, but he was in a house, for example, it was not his house.
The Shaykh : It was not his house.
The questioner : It was not his residence.
The Shaykh : Well, he should knock on their door and say: "People, I need hot water."
The questioner : He was shy of the people in the house.
The Shaykh : No, Allah is not shy of the truth. Everyone experiences nocturnal emission; this is not an excuse.
But suppose he is in the desert and has nothing but cold water, and he fears harm or illness for himself, then he should perform dry ablution with clean earth until he finds something to heat the water with, do you understand?
As for the matter of shyness, there is no shyness, yes.
The questioner : If he had done so.
The Shaykh : Perhaps if he had done this, if they had a daughter and they saw a man who had a nocturnal emission, they might say, "Come, we will marry you to our daughter."
The questioner : No, he had intercourse with his wife.
The Shaykh : Yes, his wife was with him.
The questioner : His wife was with him in the same house.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : But he did not find [water].
The Shaykh : This is more excusable.
The questioner : And he was shy to wake them up, so he performed dry ablution with clean earth and prayed the dawn prayer.
The Shaykh : I say: This is more excusable and more excusable.
The questioner : Well, he performed dry ablution with clean earth and he prayed the dawn prayer.
The Shaykh : He must repeat the prayer. Tell him he must repeat the prayer.