إن التيمم يفيد الطهارة
Tayammum produces a state of ritual purification.
Under the Hanafi position presented here, tayammum is not merely temporary permission to pray: it confers recognized ritual purity, subject to conditions that later terminate its effect, such as renewed ability to use water.
A contrasting analysis treats tayammum as a temporary covering of the disabling effect of ritual impurity rather than removal of the state itself. The distinction between removing impurity and permitting an act grounds the subsequent practical differences.