How does one make Tayammum, when there is no mud around, generally the houses in the Western countries, you won?t even find dust, etc, and the walls of the house are painted.

27 Mar 2002 · 13 Muharram 1423 AH1 min readFatwa 5090English

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What are the Ahadith regarding this topic?

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Tayammum may be performed with anything that is Jins-ul-Ardh, i.e. anything from the earth. This includes stones, cement, bricks, claypot, etc.

The principle is - whatever becomes ash or melts by being burnt or heated cannot be used for Tayammum, e.g. trees, grass, metal, gold, glass, etc.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

Answered by: Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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