Question Summary:
Few tayammum questions.

Question Detail:

1)I was once in a scenario. I went to the masjid for my Asar prayer with jamat. One reaching there I found that that there is no supply of water in the masjid as the tank is empty and motor was not put on in time so there was no water to make wuzu for any one. Other people were also in the same condition. However others may have made wuzu from home or office and came to masjid. So they joined the jamat as it was just five minuter left. Outside the masjid was hotel, shops, etc but one just cannot enter to others place and make wuzu. So I went to the top floor of the masjid and made tayyamum on the ground as it had some dust on the floor and came back to the ground floor where the jamat was taking place. So I joined the jamat and completed my namaz.After wards I came back to my place made a fresh wuzu with water and again repeated the farz namaz of Asar alone. So I want to ask was my  1st namaz with jamat was valid or not. Also if others did the same thing i.e. tayyamum to catch the jamat would there namaz be valid?

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Tahmid Chowdhury

Student Darul Iftaa

New York, USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

[1]

نور الإيضاح ونجاة الأرواح في الفقه الحنفي (ص: 32)

 العذر المبيح للتيمم:

1 - كبعده ميلا عن ماء ولو في المصر

[2]

نور الإيضاح ونجاة الأرواح في الفقه الحنفي (ص: 32)

2 - وحصول مرض.

3 - وبرد يخاف منه التلف أو المرض.