The Sunnahs of Tayammum

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What are the Sunnahs of Tayammum?
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I say, and with God's success: The Sunnah of Tayammum consists of ten points, which are: the invocation at the beginning, as in Wudu. Striking the palms of both hands on the ground. Turning both hands inwards and outwards while striking. Shaking the hands once or twice; because the aim is to scatter the dust, if it is achieved in one strike, otherwise in two. Spreading the fingers of the hands while striking the earth; because spreading allows dust to enter between the fingers. The order as mentioned in the Holy Quran: {So purify yourselves with clean earth, and wipe over your faces and hands with it} (Al-Ma'idah: 6), by wiping the face first and then the hands. The continuity: that the hands are wiped immediately after the face, so that if water were used, the preceding part would not dry. The right side: starting with wiping the right hand first, then the left. The specific striking on the earth — and the earth is what appears on the surface of the ground of its kind: such as dust, sand, and stone — is in accordance with the Hadith. Finally, the wiping should be done in the specific manner: and the manner of Tayammum is two strikes: one for the face, and one for the hands up to the elbows. He strikes with his hands on the earth, then turns them inwards and outwards, then shakes them, then wipes his face with them, then returns his palms to the earth a second time, turning them inwards and outwards, then shakes them, then wipes the outer and inner sides of his arms up to the elbows, wiping with the palm of four fingers of his left hand the outer side of his right hand from the fingertips to the elbow, then wipes with his left palm without the fingers the inner side of his right hand from the elbow to the wrist, then passes the inner side of his left thumb over the outer side of his right thumb, and then does the same with the left hand. This is the closest to caution; due to its precaution against using the dust that has been used to the extent possible. Refer to: Al-Shalabi's commentary on Al-Taybin 1: 36, Al-Durr Al-Mukhtar and Rad Al-Mukhtar 1: 231-232, Al-Hadiyyah Al-Alaiyyah p. 36, and Allah knows best.
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