عن عمَّارِ بنِ ياسرٍ رضي الله عنهما قال:بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَاجَةٍ فَأَجْنَبْتُ، فَلَمْ أَجِدِ الْمَاءَ، فَتَمَرَّغْتُ فِي الصَّعِيدِ كَمَا تَمَرَّغُ الدَّابَّةُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ بِيَدَيْكَ هَكَذَا»، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِيَدَيْهِ الْأَرْضَ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ الشِّمَالَ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ، وَظَاهِرَ كَفَّيْهِ، وَوَجْهَهُ
‘Ammār ibn Yāsir narrated:
1. God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) sent me on an errand, and I happened to be in a state of ceremonial impurity, but could not find water. I soaked myself with dust just like animals do. When I later met the Prophet I mentioned this to him.
2. He said: ‘It would have been sufficient for you to do this with your hands’, and he then struck the earth with his hands once, and wiped his right hand with his left hand and wiped the back of his hands and face.
‘Ammār ibn Yāsir was in a state of ceremonial impurity when he was on a journey. He could not find water for his ablutions. He, therefore, needed to resort to dry ablution, i.e. tayammum, and he soaked himself in dust in order to be able to pray. When he went back to Madinah, the Prophet (peace be upon him) explained to him how to perform dry ablution, which is to strike the earth with one’s hands and then wipe one’s hands and face.
