Tayammum with the Intention of Reciting the Quran

Question
If someone performs tayammum with the intention of reciting the Quran from memory, 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 is only valid with purification, and reading the Quran from memory is a non-specific act of worship that is valid without purification. Refer to: Al-Durr Al-Mukhtar 1: 165, Al-Radd Al-Mukhtar 1: 165, and Al-Iyadah Q6/B, and God knows best.
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