Chapter on Tayammum and Its Rules
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 8
مَا أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ اَلشَّيْخُ أَيَّدَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْ أَبِي اَلْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ لاَ يَجِدُ اَلْمَاءَ فَيَتَيَمَّمُ وَ يَقُومُ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ فَجَاءَ اَلْغُلاَمُ فَقَالَ هُوَ ذَا اَلْمَاءُ فَقَالَ« إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَرْكَعْ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ وَ لْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَ إِنْ كَانَ رَكَعَ فَلْيَمْضِ فِي صَلاَتِهِ».
The narration reported by Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, from Abu al-Qasim Ja‘far ibn Muhammad, from Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub, from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad, from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad, from al-Washsha’, from Aban ibn Uthman, from Abdullah ibn Asim, who said:
I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who does not find water and performs tayammum. While he is in prayer, a servant comes and says: 'Here is water.' Imam عليه السلام said: 'If he has not yet bowed (rukuʿ), he should leave the prayer and perform ablution (wudu’). But if he has already bowed, he should continue his prayer.'"
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 1, p. 215
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