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Conditions for the validity of tayammum (dry ablution)

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There are 8 conditions* on the validity of tayammum:

  1. Intention, one of the following three
    1. Intention to purify from ritual impurity
    2. Intend to make salah permissible for your yourself
    3. Worship such as prostration of Qur’an recitation
  • If one performs tayammum with the intention of touching the Qur’an then it will not be valid for that person to perform salah with this tayammum
  • likewise, if one performs tayammum with the purpose of calling the azaan and iqamah, it will not be valid for him to offer salah with this tayammum
  • similarly, if one performs tayammum intending to recite the Qur’an when they are in the state of minor hadath, it will not be valid for them to offer the salaah with this tayammum
  1. One is faced with an excusable difficulty that makes tayammum permissible. See Examples of excusable difficulties for tayammum to be valid Condition of the substance used for tayammum
  2. Tayammum should be done with pure earthy substance like clay-lump, stone of thick dust
    • it is not permissible with wood, silver or gold or anything that melts or bend in fire or heat (metal such as iron, copper of glass) Conditions related to wiping
  3. one should wipe his entire face and arms including the elbows
    • includes interlacing between he fingers, removing anything (tahreeq)
  4. one should apply his entire hand or major part of his hand for this wiping
    • needs to use a minimum of three fingers (as opposed to wudu (wet ablution))
  5. One should wipe by beating the inner palms over the earthy substance twice.
    • (one of the face and the other for the arms)
    • It is permissible to land both strikes of the inner palms over the same place (i.e. not considered used, as opposed to water)
    • Similarly, if soil or dust falls upon his body and he wipes the relevant organs with the intention of Tayammum, it will be valid (e.g. during a sandstorm)
  6. There should be no substance acting as an obstruction between his wiping palms and the skin of arms and face, like wax or grease.
    • if there is, then removing these things is necessary before wiping otherwise Tayammum will be invalid.
  7. No such thing should occur during Tayammum which invalidates it like menstruation, postnatal discharge or de jure Filth.
    • If a woman performs Tayammum during the menstrual period or the period of postnatal discharge, it will be invalid.
    • Similarly, if a person performs Tayammum in a state of ongoing de jure Filth (Hadath), the Tayammum will be invalid.

Essentials of tayammum Examples of excusable difficulties for tayammum to be valid Traditions (Sunnahs) of Tayammum

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