Chapter on Tayammum and Its Rules

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 8
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Book 1, Chapter 8

Chapter on Tayammum and Its Rules

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ لاَ يَجِدُ اَلْمَاءَ أَ يَتَيَمَّمُ لِكُلِّ صَلاَةٍ فَقَالَ« لاَ هُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ اَلْمَاءِ».
Al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id narrated from Fadalah, from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman: I asked Abu ‘Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who does not find water. Should he perform tayammum for every prayer? Imam عليه السلام said: "No, it (tayammum) is in the same position as water."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 212
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 103