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Essentially, soil possesses a property that is similar to an antibiotic and is extraordinarily effective in eliminating microbes. Thus, pure soil is not only not contaminated but instead, serves to eliminate contamination and in this respect, it can, to a certain extent, be a substitute for water- the difference being that water is the dissolver, meaning that it dissolves the bacteria and carries it with itself whereas soil eliminates the microbes.

But it ought to be noted that the earth for tayammum should always be ritually pure (Taahir), just as the Qur’an, employing an interesting expression, says: “…then make tayammum with the clean ground and wipe a part of your faces and your hands with it…”.

(1) Interestingly, the use of the word “ clean ground ” is an allusion to the fact that it is better to use the soil lying on the surface of the ground for this purpose -the same soil, which receives the air and the sunshine, and contains the microbe-killing bacteria. If such soil also happens to be pure, then tayammum by means of it shall possess the above benefits without carrying the slightest of detriments.

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