Bayhaqi 1072 — Tayammum on a journey for fear of death or illness

Shaqiq said: I was sitting with Abdullah and Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with them both). Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, if a man becomes junub and does not find water, should he pray? He said: No. He said: Have you not heard what Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me and you (on an errand), and I became junub and rolled about in the dust. Then we came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This would have sufficed you," and he wiped his face and hands once. He said: I did not see Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) being satisfied with that. He said: Then what do you do with this verse: "And you find no water, then perform tayammum with clean earth" [Surah al-Ma'idah: 6]? He said: If we were to give them a concession in this, then whenever any one of them found the water cold, he would wipe with earth. Al-A'mash said: I said to Shaqiq: So it was only for this reason that he disliked it. (b) In the narration of Hafs bin Ghiyath from al-A'mash it says: Abdullah did not know what to say, and he said: If we were to give people a concession in this matter, then whenever the water felt cold to any of them, he would soon leave it and perform tayammum. I said to Shaqiq: So it was for this reason that Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked it. He said: Yes.