How tayammum is performed

Ata said: Once Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) was at a distance of three days' journey from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he became junub. Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who, having finished the Fajr prayer, had gone out to relieve himself. Then he turned towards Abu Dharr, struck his hands on the dust and wiped them over his face and his palms.

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) performed tayammum at the place called Mirbad al-Na'am in this way: he struck his hands on the ground and wiped them over his face, then struck them on the ground once more and wiped them over both his arms up to the elbows.

Ayyub said: I asked Salim about tayammum, and he struck his hands on the ground and wiped them over his face, then struck them on the ground once more and wiped them over both his arms up to the elbows.

Al-Hasan was asked about tayammum, and he struck his hands on the ground and wiped them over his face, then struck them on the ground once more and wiped them over both his arms up to the elbows.

Al-Sha'bi said: In tayammum one strikes the ground once, for the face and also for both arms up to the elbows. Dawud described the method of tayammum thus: he struck both his hands on the ground once, then shook them off, then rubbed his two palms together, then wiped both hands over his face and then over both his arms up to the elbows.

Shaqiq said: Sayyiduna Abu Musa said to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both): "Have you not heard this statement of Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him): 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on an errand and I became junub. I found no water, so I rolled about in the dust as an animal rolls. Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole matter, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It would have been enough for you to do like this with your two hands."' Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck both his hands on the ground once, then wiped his left hand over his right hand, then wiped the backs of his hands and his face." Hearing this, Sayyiduna Abdullah said: "Do you not know that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was not satisfied with the statement of Sayyiduna Ammar?"

Ibn Abza narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Ammar said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): "Do you not remember the day when, at such-and-such a time, we became junub and found no water, so we rolled about in the dust? When we came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole matter, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'This much would have been enough for you.'" Saying this, the narrator al-A'mash struck both his hands on the dust, then blew on them, then wiped them over his face and his palms.

Makhul said regarding tayammum: One should strike both hands on the ground, then wipe them over one's face and one's palms.

Ibrahim liked that tayammum should extend up to the elbows.

Tawus said: Tayammum has two strikes: one for the face and the other for the arms up to the elbows.

Ibn Sirin and Salih Abu al-Khalil said: In tayammum the face and the palms are wiped. And Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: In tayammum the face and the arms are wiped.

Al-Sha'bi said: In tayammum, the wiping of those parts has been commanded whose washing has been commanded in ablution, namely the face and the arms.

Al-Zuhri said: Tayammum has two strikes: one for the face and one for both hands.

Abu Malik said that Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) performed tayammum in this way: he struck both his hands on the ground, then shook them off, then wiped them over his face and his hands, but he did not wipe his forearms.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said about tayammum: "One strike for the face and the hands."

Isma'il said: I saw al-Sha'bi first strike his hands on the ground, then shake them off, then wipe them over his face.

Abu al-Zubayr said that Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) struck his hands on the ground once and wiped them over his face, then struck the ground a second time and wiped them over his forearms up to the elbows.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the verse of tayammum was revealed, I did not know how to perform tayammum. So I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but I did not find him. I went out looking for him, and when he saw me, he knew why I had come. So he urinated, then struck his hands on the ground, then wiped them both over his face and his palms.

Tawus said: In tayammum there are two strikes: one for the face and the other for the forearms up to the elbows.