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== Meaning == | == Meaning == | ||
In jurisprudential terminology, the word "tayammum" refers to the act of touching the forehead and the back of the hands. If [[Wudu]] or [[Ghusl]] is not possible, tayammum substitutes them. Tayammum is also called " | In jurisprudential terminology, the word "tayammum" refers to the act of touching the forehead and the back of the hands. If [[Wudu]] or [[Ghusl]] is not possible, tayammum substitutes them. Tayammum is also called "al-taharat al-turabiyya" while Wudu and Ghusl are called "al-taharat al-ma'iyya" ({{ia|الطهارة المائية}}). | ||
==In the Qur'an and Hadiths== | ==In the Qur'an and Hadiths== | ||
In two [[verses]], the [[Qur'an]] refers to tayammum and its rulings: | In two [[verses]], the [[Qur'an]] refers to tayammum and its rulings: [[Qur'an 4]]:43{{enote|But if you are sick or on a journey, or any of you has come from the toilet, or you have touched women, and you cannot find water, then make your ablution on clean ground and wipe a part of your faces and your hands.}} and [[Qur'an 5]]:6{{enote|O you who have faith! When you stand up for prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe a part of your heads and your feet, up to the ankles. If you are junub, purify yourselves. But if you are sick, or on a journey, or any of you has come from the toilet, or you have touched women, and you cannot find water, then make tayammum with clean ground and wipe a part of your faces and your hands with it.}} | ||
In ''[[Wasa'il al-Shi'a]]'' and ''[[Mustadrak al-wasa'il]]'', there are more than 220 [[hadiths]] about the manner and conditions of tayammum. | In ''[[Wasa'il al-Shi'a]]'' and ''[[Mustadrak al-wasa'il]]'', there are more than 220 [[hadiths]] about the manner and conditions of tayammum. | ||
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== Things which are Alright to Make Tayammum On == | == Things which are Alright to Make Tayammum On == | ||
According to the | According to the [[Qur'an 5]]:6, tayammum need to be performed on "Sa'id" ({{ia|صَعید}}), but there are different opinions among lexicologists and thus among [[marja']]s whether "Sa'id" only refers to the soil or whatever grows out of the earth. | ||
According to some [[fatwa]]s, tayammum must be performed on soil as the first choice; however, if it was not available, it can be done on sand, gravel, clod, clay or stone (which has some dust on it). | According to some [[fatwa]]s, tayammum must be performed on soil as the first choice; however, if it was not available, it can be done on sand, gravel, clod, clay or stone (which has some dust on it). | ||