If a person makes search for water before the time for prayers sets in...

If a person makes search for water before the time for prayers sets in, and does not find it, and stays there till the time for prayers commences, and there is a possibility of getting water, the recommended precaution is that he should go in search of water again. 662.

If a person makes search for water after the time for prayers has set in, and does not find it, and stays at that place till the time for next prayers, and if there is a possibility of finding water, the recommended precaution is that he should go in search of water again. 663. If the time left for prayers is short or the person concerned fears a thief or a wild beast or the search for water is so hard that he cannot bear it, it is not necessary for him to make search for water. 664.

Notwithstanding the fact that a person, who has not gone in search of water till time left for prayers has become short, has sinned, the prayers offered by him with tayammum is in order. 665.

If a person is sure that he cannot get water and does not, therefore, go in search of water and offers his prayers with tayammum, but realizes after prayers that if he had made search he would have procured water, and if he has sufficient time at his disposal it is necessary for him to perform ablutions and offer the prayers again. 666.

If a person cannot get water after search and offers his prayers with tayammum and understands after offering prayers that water was available at the place where he had made search and the requisite time is still there, he should perform ablutions and offer the prayers again. 667.

If a person believes that the time left for prayers is short and offers his prayers with tayammum without making a search for water, but understands after offering prayers and before the expiry of time that he had time for making a search for water the obligatory precaution is that he should offer that prayers again. 668.

If a person is with ablutions when the time for prayers has set in, and knows that if he nullifies his ablutions it will not be possible for him to procure water or he will not be able to perform ablutions, he should preserve his ablutions if possible, and should not nullify it. However, he can have sexual intercourse with his wife even though he may be knowing that it will not be possible for him to take bath. 669.