Under the stated Hanafi ruling, disappearance of the impurity’s trace permits prayer on the ground. Tayammum separately requires clean earth as the medium of ritual purification, and mere drying does not qualify this soil for that use.
Zufar and al-Shafi‘i do not regard sun-drying alone as sufficient purification, emphasizing prescribed removal of filth instead of mere disappearance of surface evidence.
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Types of Impurity and Methods of Purification
Under the stated Hanafi ruling, disappearance of the impurity’s trace permits prayer on the ground. Tayammum separately requires clean earth as the medium of ritual purification, and mere drying does not qualify this soil for that use.
Zufar and al-Shafi‘i do not regard sun-drying alone as sufficient purification, emphasizing prescribed removal of filth instead of mere disappearance of surface evidence.