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Water Absence
Water Absence (Sahih el Boykhari · Select Collections) — "During a journey, the Prophet (ﷺ) told a man who was Junub and had no water to perform Tayammum with…
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- Tayammum rulings and reported disagreement about its application
- During a journey, the Prophet (ﷺ) instructed a Junub man without water to perform Tayammum with clean earth.
- The Prophet (ﷺ) stated that Tayammum was sufficient.
- When water was later found, the Prophet (ﷺ) gave the man a pot of water and told him to pour it over his body.
- Abu Musa cited Ammar's statement and the verse instructing Tayammum with clean earth when water is unavailable.
- Abdullah bin Mas'ud objected that people might perform Tayammum even when water was available but cold.
- It was reported that Umar was not satisfied with Ammar's statement.
- The narrations preserve the disagreement while reporting that Tayammum is sufficient when water is unavailable.