Purity: Method of Tayammum for Wudū’ and Ghusl
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: Method of Tayammum for Wudū’ and Ghusl
English:
Question #208:
How can we perform tayammum? Is there any difference between the method of tayammum done instead of wuḍū’ and that done instead of ghusl?
Answer #208:
Tayammum should be done as follows: First, one makes the intention. Then, the entire palms of the two hands are hit at the same time on something on which tayammum is correct and they are passed together over the entire forehead and both sides of it from the hair line to the eyebrows and the upper part of the nose. Thereafter the left palm is passed over the back of the entire right hand and the right palm over the back of the entire left hand. Also, based on obligatory caution, one should hit both palms, again, on something on which tayammum is correct and then to rub the left palm over the back of the entire right hand and the right palm over the back of the entire left hand. The same procedure is followed whether tayammum is to be done instead of wuḍū’ or ghusl.