Ruling on tayammum due to severe cold in the presence of water
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Question:
This is a questioner for the program. The questioner Muhammad Abdullah from Sudan says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh! If water is available, is it permissible for a person to perform tayammum because of fear of the cold?
Answer:
If water is available, the Muslim is not permitted to perform tayammum; rather, he must use the water, based on the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) : [Surat al-Nisa: 43]. And in the authentic hadith: But if the cold is severe, he fears for himself from it, and there is nothing to warm it with, then he has an excuse; because Allah says: [Surat al-An'am: 119]. And He says (peace and blessings be upon him) : [Surat al-Baqarah: 195].
So if the water is cold, and there is nothing to warm it with, then he is not obligated to perform ghusl with the water, because of the danger involved. In that case, he may perform tayammum. This occurred to 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) on one of his journeys. He was in a state of major ritual impurity, and the cold was severe, so he was unable to perform ghusl. He performed tayammum, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved that for him. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
This is a questioner for the program. The questioner Muhammad Abdullah from Sudan says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh! If water is available, is it permissible for a person to perform tayammum because of fear of the cold?
Answer:
If water is available, the Muslim is not permitted to perform tayammum; rather, he must use the water, based on the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) :
and find no water, then seek clean earth
فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَيَمَّمُواI have been made the earth a place of prostration and a means of purification, if we do not find water
جعلت لي الأرض مسجدًا وطهورًا إذا لم نجد الماءwhile He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled
وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُمْ مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِand do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِSo if the water is cold, and there is nothing to warm it with, then he is not obligated to perform ghusl with the water, because of the danger involved. In that case, he may perform tayammum. This occurred to 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him) on one of his journeys. He was in a state of major ritual impurity, and the cold was severe, so he was unable to perform ghusl. He performed tayammum, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved that for him. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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