Performed Tayammum instead of Ghusl for fear of missing Fajr prayer

24-9-2007 | IslamWeb

Question:

es-selamu alejkum we rahmetullah. This morning i woke up only 5 ore 8 minutes before sunrising. the problem is that i was junub(uncleand) so i didnt have enough time to take gusul, even if i had water and everything needed for gusul. so in haste i took tejemum(with soil). was this the right option that i have done or not. and what should i do in other cases if this happens again to me. thank you very much,

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

 

Whoever wakes up late and fears that if he performs Ghusl (i.e. ritual bath) the time of the prayer will elapse, he is still obliged to perform Ghusl even if the time of the prayer will elapse. This is the view of the majority of the scholars.

Therefore, you are obliged to make up for the prayer which you performed with Tayammum (i.e. dry ablution) while you had the ability to use water. You should not perform Tayammum again when there is water and when you are able to use it.  

Allaah Knows best.