Complete guide on how to perform Tayammum (dry ablution) when water is unavailable or unfeasible. Learn the Quranic rulings, conditions, and exact steps.
✦What is Tayammum (Dry Ablution)?
Tayammum is the Islamic ritual of dry purification using clean earth, sand, or stone when clean water is unavailable, insufficient, or harmful due to illness or extreme cold.
Allah Almighty states in the Quran: "And if you are ill or on a journey... and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving." (Surah An-Nisa 4:43).
✦When is Tayammum Allowed?
- 1When no usable clean water is available within a reasonable distance.
- 2When using water would worsen a severe medical condition or wound.
- 3When water is dangerously freezing and no heating fuel is available.
- 4When water is strictly needed for drinking and survival.
✦Step-by-Step Tayammum Method
Make Niyyah (Intention) & Say Bismillah
Form intention in your heart for Tayammum to purify yourself for prayer, then say: Bismillah.
Strike Hands Softly on Clean Soil or Stone
Strike both open palms gently onto clean dust, soil, sand, or unpolished stone once. Blow off any excess dust from your hands.
Wipe Entire Face Once
Wipe the palms of both hands across your entire face once, covering from hairline to chin.
Wipe Hands and Arms Up to Wrists
Wipe the back of your right hand with the left palm, then wipe the back of your left hand with the right palm up to the wrist once (Sahih al-Bukhari 338).
✦Next Steps & Daily Worship
Once Tayammum is completed, you are spiritually clean to perform Salah, read Quran, or make Dhikr. Use our [Free Digital Tasbih Counter Online](/) to track your daily prayers and supplications.
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