A traveller who knows of a nearby reachable well has a strong basis to search before tayammum. A person in a barren area with no reasonable indication of accessible water is not required to conduct an indefinite speculative search.
The operative condition is a rational probability of nearby obtainable water.
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Tayammum Materials, Intention, Nullifiers, and Searching for Water
A traveller who knows of a nearby reachable well has a strong basis to search before tayammum. A person in a barren area with no reasonable indication of accessible water is not required to conduct an indefinite speculative search.
The operative condition is a rational probability of nearby obtainable water.