Prayer TimesTayammum is a ritual purification performed by wiping the face and both arms with hands that have been placed on clean earth or something of the earth, in order to remove ritual impurity such as minor or major impurity, when water is not available or cannot be used.
In the Qur’an, it is stated: “But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the toilet or you have had contact with women and you find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe your faces and your hands with it (perform tayammum),” (an-Nisā’, 4/43; al-Mā’ida, 5/6).
The person intending to perform tayammum makes the intention for either wudu (minor ablution) or ghusl (major ablution). With fingers spread, he strikes his hands on clean earth or something of its kind, moves them forward and back, then shakes off any excess by lightly striking his hands together. He wipes his entire face once with the palms of his hands. Then, striking the earth a second time in the same way, he wipes his right arm including the elbow with the inside of his left hand, and then wipes his left arm in the same way with the inside of his right hand.
Anything that invalidates wudu also invalidates tayammum. In addition, if water sufficient for wudu or ghusl is found, if the illness is cured, or if the excuse that made tayammum permissible is removed (such as gaining the ability to use water), tayammum is also invalidated. (Mawsilī, al-Ikhtiyār, 1/22)
Source: T.C. Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Din İşleri Yüksek Kurulu
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