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Tayammum

Definition

Symbolic purification with clean earth when water is unavailable or harmful.

Example

On a plane without water, strike the clean surface once, wipe the face, then the hands up to the wrists. One tayammum can be used for one ṣalāh in the Shāfiʿī view, or until ḥadath occurs in the Ḥanafī view.

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