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tasteless. The ablution is not acceptable if we use dirty water. That
would not be ablution; it would be pollution. If ablution is made
with water that is in a container, one should dip or pour water
from the container, never using the same water twice. If a person is
physically dirty, and clear water alone will not render him clean,
he must first wash the parts of the body that are to be cleaned in
ablution with some type of cleaner such as soap, etc.
Allah, The Most High, tells us in the Holy Qur'an, that when
water suitable for ablution cannot be found, " then take
good clean sand or earth and rub your faces and your hands there-
with."142 When we are performing ablution in this way it is called
tayammum. Things which can be used to make tayammum are:
dry earth, dust, sand, any natural stone, natural gypsum, salt,
marble, ice, or brick which has not been manufactured by fire.
If one is in a place where one of the above is accessible, he may
rub it with his hands and perform tayammum. However, one
should be able to find water if he is in a city. There is no excuse for
would not be ablution; it would be pollution. If ablution is made
with water that is in a container, one should dip or pour water
from the container, never using the same water twice. If a person is
physically dirty, and clear water alone will not render him clean,
he must first wash the parts of the body that are to be cleaned in
ablution with some type of cleaner such as soap, etc.
Allah, The Most High, tells us in the Holy Qur'an, that when
water suitable for ablution cannot be found, " then take
good clean sand or earth and rub your faces and your hands there-
with."142 When we are performing ablution in this way it is called
tayammum. Things which can be used to make tayammum are:
dry earth, dust, sand, any natural stone, natural gypsum, salt,
marble, ice, or brick which has not been manufactured by fire.
If one is in a place where one of the above is accessible, he may
rub it with his hands and perform tayammum. However, one
should be able to find water if he is in a city. There is no excuse for