Is it permissible for a person to perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) with stones and the like found on the surface of the earth?
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The questioner : Well, our esteemed Shaykh, regarding tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth), does a person perform it with what is on the surface of the earth, such as stones and the like? This is a matter on which there is scholarly disagreement among the scholars.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So, what is the stronger position in your view, O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman?
The Shaykh :Sahih al-Bukhari 438 So, whatever earth is available to him, he can perform tayammum (dry ablution with clean earth) with it, whether it is sand.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or soil, or rock, or stones, or tiles, or anything else.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is the surface of the earth.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : .
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Any surface of the earth, and that is all.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So, what is the stronger position in your view, O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman?
The Shaykh :
Therefore my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due.
وأيُّما رجلٍ من أمَّتي أدرَكَتْه الصلاة ؛ فعنده مسجده وطهورهThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Or soil, or rock, or stones, or tiles, or anything else.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is the surface of the earth.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh :
Then seek out clean earth
فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًاThe questioner :
clean
طَيِّبًاThe Shaykh : Any surface of the earth, and that is all.
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