As for the Bedouins who reside in the desert, who have multiple states of major ritual impurity and perform dry ablution with clean earth for them, are they required when they arrive in the town to…?
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The questioner : As for the Bedouins who reside in the desert, who have multiple states of major ritual impurity and perform dry ablution with clean earth for them, are they required when they arrive in the town to…
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for them. If they arrive in the town and are able to access water, they must perform the full ritual bath.
The questioner : For the past instances.
The Shaykh : For the past instances, because major ritual impurity removed by dry ablution with clean earth is not removed absolutely.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, it is removed only when he finds water. Likewise, in the case of the ablution for prayer, if one performs dry ablution with clean earth for a state of minor ritual impurity and then finds water, it is obligatory for him to perform the ablution for prayer, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Jami` at-Tirmidhi 124Hasan (Darussalam) or he said Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 1:880.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is necessary.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for them. If they arrive in the town and are able to access water, they must perform the full ritual bath.
The questioner : For the past instances.
The Shaykh : For the past instances, because major ritual impurity removed by dry ablution with clean earth is not removed absolutely.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, it is removed only when he finds water. Likewise, in the case of the ablution for prayer, if one performs dry ablution with clean earth for a state of minor ritual impurity and then finds water, it is obligatory for him to perform the ablution for prayer, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Pure clean earth is a purifier for the Muslim
الصعيد الطيب طهور المسلمThe ablution of the Muslim, even if he does not find water for ten years, when he finds it, let him fear Allah and let it touch his skin.
وضوء المسلم وإن لم يجد الماء عشر سنين فإذا وجده فليتق الله وليمسه بشرتهThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is necessary.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.