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Bismillahi Al-Rahmani Al-Rahim
Consecutiveness When Making
Tayammum
Q
The way you described the kayfiyyah of tayammum is
confusing. How come in the first one (the obligatory acts of
tayammum) you include wiping the hands/wrists but not in the
description? And how come you included beating the ground in the
description but not in the obligatory acts? What is the correct way
of performing tayammum!?
You wrote ''consecutiveness in the minor ritual purity." as a
condition for the validity of tayammum. What does consecutiveness
mean here?
A
al-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
The text from the lessons is
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(b9.3) (The
essential and obligatory actions)
- It is obligatory (wajib) to make tayammum from pure, unburned,
dirt.
- Its obligatory (fard) actions are:
- (a) wiping the face;
- (b) wiping the hands up and including
to the wrists;
- (c) being in order;
- (d) consecutiveness in the minor ritual
purity.
- It is a condition to intend the minor or major ritual impurity
that tayammum is being made for. If he intended one it does not
suffice for the other.
- If he intended something supererogatory or did not qualify he
does not pray an obligatory (prayer) with it. If he intended it (b:
meaning: an obligatory) then he prays obligatory and supererogatory
(prayers) during the entire time. (m: Basically: intending the
obligatory lets you do the supererogatory but not the other way
around.)
A nd:
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(b9.6) (The Description
of Tayammum)
- Its description is:
- (1) intending;
- (2) then saying Bismillah
- (3) beating the hands on the ground
with the fingers spread out;
- (4) wiping the face with the inner
surface of the fingers and the back of the hands with the palms,
and lacing fingers together.
I f you look closely, b9.6(4) describes how to accomplish both
b9.3(a) and (b). The inner surface of the fingers are used for the
face and the palms for the hands.
As for beating the ground, while the substance used (pure, unburned
earth) is an obligatory part of making tayammum, how this is gotten
is not. The description lists the most common situation (getting it
from the ground), but you could also get it off of the wall or your
pet cat. The correct way of performing tayammum is largely dependent
on where you are. If you're on a road trip through the Cascade
mountains in the middle of winter, you'll probably end up wiping your
hands over your car and not striking or slapping them on the
ground.
As for consecutiveness, here it is determined by making it analogous
to when making wudu.
And Allah knows best.
wa al-salamu `alaykum
--musa
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