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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Causes of Tayammum and the Duration of Prayer with It

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Question:
What are the causes of tayammum? Is there a limited distance to water?

Answer:
The causes of tayammum are the same as the causes of wudu'. If wudu' becomes obligatory for a person and he does not find water, tayammum becomes obligatory for him. Likewise, if he is unable to use water due to illness, tayammum becomes obligatory for him for prayer, touching the mushaf, or tawaf. The point is that tayammum takes the place of wudu'. If the causes of wudu' are present and water is not found, he performs tayammum with clean earth. He strikes the earth with his hands once, then wipes his face and his hands with it. Likewise, the patient who cannot... whom water would harm; he performs tayammum.
The correct view is that it takes the place of purity, removing the state of ritual impurity until water is found. If he performs tayammum for the Zuhr prayer, he can pray 'Asr with it if he is in a state of purity. Likewise, if he performs tayammum for Maghrib, he can pray 'Isha' with it if he is in a state of purity. Or if he performs tayammum for the Duha prayer and remains in a state of purity until Zuhr comes, he prays with that. As in the hadith:
Clean earth is the Wudu' of the Muslim, even if he does not find water for ten years.الصعيد وضوء المسلم ، وإن لم يجد الماء عشر سنين
Sunan an-Nasa'i 322Hasan (Darussalam)
And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) named tayammum: purity. He said (Exalted and Majestic is He):
and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allah does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُمْ مِنْهُ مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَكِنْ يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
[Al-Ma'idah: 6] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
the earth has been made for me a place of worship and a means of purification.جعلت لي الأرض مسجدًا وطهورًا
Sunan Ibn Majah 567Sahih (Darussalam)
He made tayammum a means of purification just as water is a means of purification. This is the correct view in this matter according to the most precise scholars of knowledge, that tayammum takes the place of water in removing the state of ritual impurity until water is found, and that it is not invalidated by the entry of the time or its exit. Yes.

The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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