Even the mud should be dried...

Even the mud should be dried, if possible, to convert it into the chunk of earth; (b) They must be tahir ; (c) And mubah - not ghasbi ; (d) The place where these things are kept, must be mubah ; (e) The place where you are standing while doing tayammum , must be mubah . How to do tayammum Niyyah : I am doing tayammum in place of wudhu or ghusl (as the case may be), so that my prayer or fast (as the case may be) may be correct, wajib or sunnat (as the case may be) qurbatan ilal-Laah .

📌Strike palms of both hands together upon the thing on which tayammum is correct e.g. earth or sand etc. Remember that just putting the hand upon earth etc. is not sufficient. You must hit or strike it by your palms. Pull both palms together from the beginning of the forehead down to the point of the nose. Both sides of the forehead joining the ears should be included in it. Eyes and cheeks are not to be included.

Then pull the left palm upon the back of the right hand from the projecting small bone on the wrist up to the fingertips; Then pull the right palm on the back of the left palm likewise: Strike the palms together upon earth etc. second time; Pull the left palm on the back of right hand, as explained above. Pull the right palm on the back of the left hand, as explained above.

If a person has to do ghusl and wudhu both, and he has got water sufficient for only one of them, he will do tayammum in place of other taharat , after using the water in the taharat for which it was sufficient. The hands and forehead must be tahir before tayammum ; there should not be anything like ring or nail-polish etc. which may be a cover against the earth etc. Previous…

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