What Things are Permissible for the Purpose of Tayammum.

683. Tayammum is permissible to be done with earth, sand, lump of clay and stone if they are Pak, and it can also be done with baked clay such as brick or jar.

684. Tayammum is in order with gypsum or lime-stone and black marble stone and other kinds of stones; but it is not permissible with jewels such as agate and turquoise and, as an obligatory precaution, it should not be done with baked gypsum and lime.

685. If one is not able to find earth, sand, lump of clay or stone, he should perform Tayammum on dust particles which settle on the carpets or dresses and the like, and if that is not possible, he must use mud and if this is not also possible, as an recommendatory precaution, he should pray without Tayammum and pray its Qadha later.

686. If a person can gather some earth by shaking the carpet etc. then to do Tayammum with dust particles will not be correct. And similarly if he can make mud dry and obtain earth from it, then Tayammum on wet mud will be incorrect and void.

687. If a person does not have water, but has snow or ice he should, if possible, melt it into water and perform Wudhu and Ghusl. And if it is not possible to do so and also he does not have anything on which Tayammum is allowed, then it is necessary that he should, as an obligatory precaution, pray without Wudhu and Tayammum and, as an obligatory precaution, pray its Qadha later.

688. If a thing like straw, on which Tayammum is void, gets mixed with clay and sand, then Tayammum cannot be performed on it. However, if it is so little that it gets lost in the sand or clay, then Tayammum with it is valid.

689. If a person does not own anything on which to perform Tayammum, he should, if possible, get it by purchasing or other similar means.

690. Performing Tayammum on mud wall is valid, but the recommended precaution is that if dry earth or clay is available, Tayammum should not be performed on wet earth or mud.

691. The thing on which a person performs Tayammum should be Pak and, if he has no Pak thing on which Tayammum would be correct, it is not obligatory for him to offer prayers. He should, however, give its Qadha after praying without Tayammum and Wudhu.

692. If a person was sure that Tayammum on a particular thing was valid and he did it accordingly, but came to know later that Tayammum performed was void, he would repeat the prayers performed with that Tayammum.

693. The thing used for Tayammum should not have been usurped

688. If a thing like straw, on which Tayammum is void, gets mixed with clay and sand, then Tayammum cannot be performed on it. However, if it is so little that it gets lost in the sand or clay, then Tayammum with it is valid.

689. If a person does not own anything on which to perform Tayammum, he should, if possible, get it by purchasing or other similar means.

690. Performing Tayammum on mud wall is valid, but the recommended precaution is that if dry earth or clay is available, Tayammum should not be performed on wet earth or mud.

691. The thing on which a person performs Tayammum should be Pak and, if he has no Pak thing on which Tayammum would be correct, it is not obligatory for him to offer prayers. He should, however, give its Qadha after praying without Tayammum and Wudhu.

692. If a person was sure that Tayammum on a particular thing was valid and he did it accordingly, but came to know later that Tayammum performed was void, he would repeat the prayers performed with that Tayammum.

693. The thing used for Tayammum should not have been usurped.

695. If someone does Tayammum on a usurped object, forgetfully or by way of negligence, his Tayammum will be valid. However, if a person himself usurps something, and then forgets that he usurped it, then Tayammum performed on such a thing cannot be considered as valid.

696. If a person is imprisoned in a usurped place and both the water and earth of that place are usurped, he should pray with Tayammum.

697. The thing on which a person is performing Tayammum should, if possible, on the basis of precaution, have particles which would stick to the hands, and after striking hands on it, one should not shake off al the particles from ones hands.

698. It is Makrooh to perform Tayammum on the earth of a pit, and street dust, or the saline earth, on which a layer of salt has not settled. If, however, a layer of salt has settled on the earth, erformance of Tayammum on it is void.