Continuation of the explanation of the author's statement: "It is not a condition for tayammum to pour them out or mix them"
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The Shaykh : ... And what do you do if the prayer is in congregation? What do I do? You perform tayammum. You perform tayammum because you are unable to use the water now. You are unable; you cannot use it now. This is suspected of being impure. You cannot use it, so it falls under the statement of Allah the Exalted: [An-Nisa 4:43] So you perform tayammum. But is it a condition for tayammum to pour them out or mix them? In this, there are two opinions among the scholars. Therefore, the author denied this because there is an opinion regarding it, and he was in a hurry in his statement. He said: "It is not a condition for tayammum to pour them out or mix them", refuting the opinion that says it is a condition to pour them out or mix them. This is an opinion in the madhhab. They said that one cannot perform tayammum until one pours out the two waters so that one is truly devoid of water, clear? Or one mixes them so that the impurity is realized and it becomes impure, clear? Good. And it is known from this that if it is possible to purify one of them with the other, then purification becomes obligatory, and one does not need to perform tayammum. Because if both vessels are two qullahs or more, it is possible to purify one with the other. Because if number one is the impure one, and we add number two, which is pure and abundant, it purifies it if the change is removed. And likewise the reverse. So now, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) has benefited us with three rulings in this issue. If the pure is mixed with the impure: First, the first ruling is the prohibition of using it. The second ruling is that there is no obligation to investigate which of the pure ones it is. The third ruling is that one performs tayammum. The fourth ruling is that it is not a condition for tayammum to pour them out or mix them. And if we wish, we can say that this is a consequence of tayammum, so it is not an independent ruling. But there is an opinion that says it is necessary to mix them so that they become impure, or to pour them out so that one is truly devoid of water. But the correct view is that it is not a condition. Good. We mentioned that the correct view is to investigate, and we provided evidence for it with two verses and reasoning. No, no. Good. As for investigating, if there are indications that point to this being the pure one and this being the impure one, it is clear that the place is now pure due to the investigation because of the indications. But if there are no indications, is investigation possible? Investigation based on an indication is not possible... The indications: the two vessels are the same in color and type, and the water is the same. Now, he does not remember anything at all. But some scholars said in this case as well: if one's heart is reassured by one of them, let him take it. They analogized it to the case where the qiblah is confused for a person, and he looks at the evidence but finds no evidence. It is night, dark, with no stars. So they said: pray in the direction that your heart is reassured to pray toward. So they said: if one's heart is reassured by one of the waters, let him use it. There is no doubt that using one of the waters in this case has some weakness, but it is better than resorting to tayammum.
