Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) Chapter: One’s having Little Water on a Journey but Is Afraid of Facing Thirst 4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْ٠ُغِيرَةِ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الأرْضُ ٠ُبْتَلَّةً وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا تُرَابٌ وَلاَ ٠َاءٌ فَانْظُرْ أَجَفَّ ٠َوْضِعٍ تَجِدُهُ فَتَيَ٠ِنْ غُبَارِهِ أَوْ شَيْ‏ءٍ ٠ُغْبَرٍّ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي حَالٍ لاَ تَجِدُ إِلاَّ الطِّينَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ تَتَيَ٠4.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mughirah who has said the following: “(Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) ) has said, ‘If the ground is wet and dry soil or water is not available you must look for an area which is the most dry of the others, take Tayammum with dust thereof or something with dust on it.

If you can find nothing else other than clay, then it is not harmful to take Tayammum therewith.’” قطوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/182))