Tayammum Information
Tayammum (Arabic: تيمم) is the Islamic act of dry ablution using sand or dust, which may be performed in place of ritual washing (wudu or ghusl) if no clean water is readily available.
Circumstances when tayammum is necessary
Tayammum may be substituted for wudu or ghusl when access to water is restricted or impractical, namely:[1]
- When sufficient amounts of water for ritual washing are not available, including when using the available water for wudu or ghusl would leave insufficient water for drinking.
- When obtaining water is hazardous or prohibitively expensive.
- When using water poses a health risk.
Performing tayammum
Tayammum consists of the following steps:[1]
- Finding a piece of ground which is free of najaasah. This could be any natural surface such as rock, sand, or dust.
- Recite the bismillah.
- Make niyyah, or intention to make tayammum.
- Place the hands on the surface of the ground.
- Lift hands with palms downwards, ensuring that no dust remains, may rub them together.
- Rub face with hands.
- Press hands to ground and touch sides of hands together.
- Rub right arm with left hand, from the fingers to the elbow, and back along the inner arm to the hand. Do the same with the other arm.
The same conditions that invalidate wudu also invalidate tayammum. In addition, a person's tayammum is invalidated as and when water becomes available.
Items on which Tayammum is permitted
- Taahir (pure) earth
- Sand
- Stone
- Limestone
- Baked earthen pots (unglazed)
- Walls of mud, stone or brick
- Clay
- All items which have thick dust on them
Items on which Tayammum is not permitted
- Wood
- Metal
- Glass
- Food Items
- All items which burn to ash, rot or melt
References
- ^ a b "Conducting Tayammum". http://www.qul.org.au/library/a-guide-on-praying/conducting-tayammum.
- Lemu, B. A. Islamic Aqidah and Fiqh: A textbook of Islamic Belief and Jurisprudence revised and expanded edition of Tawhid and Fiqh), IQRA' International Educational Foundation, Chicago, 1997.
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