What is the ruling on tayammum when a person is wearing a ring and a watch?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on tayammum when a person is wearing a ring and a watch?
The Shaykh : As for the watch, it is not an issue at all, because the watch is on the forearm, and the stronger position, of which there is no doubt, is that the forearm is not obligatory to wipe in tayammum.
As for the ring, there is no harm, meaning that it is excused, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wear a ring, and when he showed 'Ammar ibn Yasir how to perform tayammum, he said:.
And because the purity of tayammum is a facilitated purity in its original nature, the place of purity is only two limbs: the face and the palms, in both minor and major ritual impurity, and the wiping is not repeated in it, so it is a reduced purity, and there is no harm if a person has a ring on his finger and performs tayammum without removing it.
The Shaykh : As for the watch, it is not an issue at all, because the watch is on the forearm, and the stronger position, of which there is no doubt, is that the forearm is not obligatory to wipe in tayammum.
As for the ring, there is no harm, meaning that it is excused, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wear a ring, and when he showed 'Ammar ibn Yasir how to perform tayammum, he said:
It was sufficient for you to say with your hand like this, then he struck the ground with his hand and wiped his palms and his face.
إنما كان يكفيك أن تقول بيدك هكذا ثم ضرب بيده الأرض ومسح كفيه ووجههAnd because the purity of tayammum is a facilitated purity in its original nature, the place of purity is only two limbs: the face and the palms, in both minor and major ritual impurity, and the wiping is not repeated in it, so it is a reduced purity, and there is no harm if a person has a ring on his finger and performs tayammum without removing it.