Ibn Bazz: Tayammum (dry ablution) Correct Way of Performing Tayammum

Tayammum (dry ablution) Correct Way of Performing Tayammum 

Q: Can Your Eminence explain the correct way of performing Tayammum? 

A: The correct way of performing Tayammum is as Allah (Exalted be He) says: But if you are ill or on a journey, or any of you comes after answering the call of nature, or you have been in contact with women (i.e. sexual intercourse), and you find no water, then perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. It is to place the hands on clean earth once for the face and the two hands. 

A Muslim performing Tayammum places their hands on clean earth only once and then rubs their face and hands.It is related in the Two Sahih (authentic) Books of Hadith (i.e. Al­Bukhari and Muslim)that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to `Ammar ibn Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him): It would have been enough for you to do this. Then he struck the ground with his hands once and wiped the exterior of his palms and his face. 

( Part No : 10, Page No: 190) 

The ground should be pure. Arms are not to be rubbed; only the face and the two hands are enough due to the Hadith mentioned above. 

Tayammum is used in place of water to end major and minor impurity, according to the most preponderant opinion of scholars. If someone performs Tayammum, they can perform the immediate and future Nafilah (supererogatory) and obligatory Salah (Prayer) as long as they are ritually pure until they break wind, urinate or defecate or until they find water or until they become able to use water if they are unable to use it. Tayammum is Tahur (ritually pure), according to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and is used in place of water.