Chapter on Description of Tayammum, Its Rules for Those in a State of Impurity, and What They Should Observe About Istibra and Istizhar

The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى support him, narrated to me from Abu al-Qasim Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Uthman ibn Isa, from Ibn Maskan, from Abu Basir, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who was traveling and had water with him but forgot about it, so he performed Tayammum (dry ablution) and prayed. Then he remembered that he had water before the prayer time ended. Imam عليه السلام said: "He must perform Wudu' (ablution) and repeat the prayer." He (Narrator) said: I also asked Imam عليه السلام about the Tayammum of a menstruating woman and someone in a state of Janabah (major ritual impurity) being the same if they do not find water. Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes."