Chapter on Tayammum (dry ablution) and Its Rules

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 20
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 20

Chapter on Tayammum (dry ablution) and Its Rules

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ أَجْنَبَ فِي سَفَرٍ وَ مَعَهُ مَاءٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَتَوَضَّأُ بِهِ قَالَ« يَتَيَمَّمُ وَ لاَ يَتَوَضَّأُ»
Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Fadala, from Al-Ala ibn Razin, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, narrated from one of the Imams عليه السلام: Imam عليه السلام was asked regarding a man who becomes junub (in a state of major ritual impurity) while on a journey and has only enough water for wudu (ablution). Imam عليه السلام said: "He should perform tayammum (dry ablution) and not perform wudu."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 429
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 106