وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ وَهُوَ مُسَافِرٌ أَوْ خَارِجَ الْمِصْرِ
Meaning: A person who cannot find water, being a traveller or outside the town.
A traveller and a person outside town are distinct cases. The legal inquiry is whether water is actually obtainable without the relevant burden.
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وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ وَهُوَ مُسَافِرٌ أَوْ خَارِجَ الْمِصْرِ
Meaning: A person who cannot find water, being a traveller or outside the town.
A traveller and a person outside town are distinct cases. The legal inquiry is whether water is actually obtainable without the relevant burden.