LessonsTayammum: Valid Reasons, Conditions, and MethodQuiz

Hanafi jurists require wiping through the elbows, reasoning in part from the extent of the hands and arms in water-based ablution. Another reported view from Malik accepts wiping to part of the forearms, while others discuss wiping the hands alone.

The disagreement concerns the extent denoted by "hand" and the interpretation of the related scriptural and transmitted evidence.

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Differences over How Far to Wipe the Arms

Tayammum: Valid Reasons, Conditions, and Method

Hanafi jurists require wiping through the elbows, reasoning in part from the extent of the hands and arms in water-based ablution. Another reported view from Malik accepts wiping to part of the forearms, while others discuss wiping the hands alone.

The disagreement concerns the extent denoted by "hand" and the interpretation of the related scriptural and transmitted evidence.