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Thursday, March 09, 2017

How to Make at-Tayammum - Finding Water After Salaat (Part 25)

If a person finds water after Salaat then he doesn’t need to repeat. 

Al-Uthaymeen explains that if a person performs at-Tayammum and prays and then finds water then there is no need to repeat the prayer. The evidence is the incident in which two men performed at-Tayammum and prayed. Upon finding water one of the men repeated the prayer and the second didn’t. The Prophet said about the first man, “You will have two rewards” but to the second, “You have complied with the Sunnah.” [Reported by Aboo Dawood (338), an-Nasaai (431), ad-Daarimee (433), al-Haakim (178)].

NOTE: The point is that the Prophet did not command them to repeat their prayers upon finding water. As for the one who receives two rewards, then this is the case if a person who doesn’t know the ruling and makes Ijtihaad – if he is wrong, as in this case, he receives one reward; for praying the first prayer and then a second reward for repeating. However the one who follows the Sunnah with having knowledge has more of a reward – had this person prayed twice whilst having knowledge he would have innovated.


Therefore, following the Sunnah is more important than doing plenty of deeds upon ignorance. 

[ash-Sharh al-Mumti' 1/406-407]

And Allaah Knows Best

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