Is it required to maintain the order between wudu' and tayammum if there is a wound on one of the limbs of wudu'?
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The questioner : Is it required to maintain the order between wudu' and tayammum if there is a wound on one of the limbs of wudu'? I hope for your guidance.
The Shaykh : The stronger opinion is that it is not required to maintain the order between wudu' and tayammum. So, if a person has a wound on his hand that he cannot wash and cannot wipe over, he should perform wudu' first, and then perform tayammum for the part of the wound that he did not wash. It is also not required to maintain continuity in this case. So, if he performs this wudu' and goes to the mosque, and then performs tayammum for the wound on his hand that he did not wash and did not wipe, there is no harm in that.
Perhaps we should discuss the topic of a wound on one of the limbs of wudu'. We say: A wound on one of the limbs of wudu' must first be washed if it is not harmed by water. If it is harmed by water and it has a bandage, he wipes over this bandage, and this suffices in place of washing it and in place of tayammum. If it does not have a bandage and water harms it, he wipes it with water if wiping does not harm it. If wiping harms it, he performs tayammum for it.
So, the ranks are three: The first is that washing does not harm him, in which case washing is obligatory for him.
The second is that wiping does not harm him, in which case wiping is obligatory for him, either over the bandage if it is bandaged, or directly on the wound.
The third is that both washing and wiping harm him, in which case he performs tayammum for it. As we mentioned earlier, neither order nor continuity is required in tayammum.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : The stronger opinion is that it is not required to maintain the order between wudu' and tayammum. So, if a person has a wound on his hand that he cannot wash and cannot wipe over, he should perform wudu' first, and then perform tayammum for the part of the wound that he did not wash. It is also not required to maintain continuity in this case. So, if he performs this wudu' and goes to the mosque, and then performs tayammum for the wound on his hand that he did not wash and did not wipe, there is no harm in that.
Perhaps we should discuss the topic of a wound on one of the limbs of wudu'. We say: A wound on one of the limbs of wudu' must first be washed if it is not harmed by water. If it is harmed by water and it has a bandage, he wipes over this bandage, and this suffices in place of washing it and in place of tayammum. If it does not have a bandage and water harms it, he wipes it with water if wiping does not harm it. If wiping harms it, he performs tayammum for it.
So, the ranks are three: The first is that washing does not harm him, in which case washing is obligatory for him.
The second is that wiping does not harm him, in which case wiping is obligatory for him, either over the bandage if it is bandaged, or directly on the wound.
The third is that both washing and wiping harm him, in which case he performs tayammum for it. As we mentioned earlier, neither order nor continuity is required in tayammum.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.