Tayammum with the Intention of Entering the Mosque

Question
If someone performed tayammum with the intention of entering the mosque, is it permissible for him to perform the obligatory prayer with this tayammum?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: It is not permissible for him to do that; because it is a condition for the validity of the intention in tayammum that he intends a specific act of worship that cannot be performed except with purification, and entering the mosque is not a specific act of worship in itself, but rather it is dependent on something else. However, it is permissible for him to enter the mosque with this tayammum. Refer to: Al-Durr Al-Mukhtar 1: 165, Al-Radd Al-Mukhtar 1: 165, and Al-Iydah Q6/B, and God knows best.
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