Chapter on Tayammum and Its Rules

Through this chain of narration, from Muhammad ibn Ya’qub, from Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad, from Mu’alla ibn Muhammad, from Al-Washa’, from Hammad ibn Uthman, from Ya’qub ibn Salim, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who does not have water with him, but there is water at a distance of about two arrow flights to the right or left of the path. Imam عليه السلام said: "I do not command him to risk his life, exposing himself to a thief or a wild animal."