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

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلْحَمِيدِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ اَلْحَلَبِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ أَصَابَتْهُ جَنَابَةٌ وَ هُوَ بِالْفَلاَةِ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ وَ أَصَابَ ثَوْبَهُ مَنِيٌّ قَالَ« يَتَيَمَّمُ وَ يَطْرَحُ ثَوْبَهُ وَ يَجْلِسُ مُجْتَمِعاً فَيُصَلِّي فَيُومِئُ إِيمَاءً».
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, from Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Hamid, from Saif ibn Amira, from Mansur ibn Hazim, who said Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Halabi narrated: Abu Abdullah عليه السلام was asked regarding a man who experienced janabah (major ritual impurity) while in the desert and had only one garment, which was stained with semen. Imam عليه السلام said: "He should perform tayammum (dry ablution), remove his garment, sit closely together (covering himself as much as possible), and pray by gesturing (for bowing and prostration)."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 430
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 107