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347. Narrated Al-A'mash: Shaqīq said, "While I was sitting with 'Abdullāh and Abū Mūsā Al-Ash'arī, the latter asked the former, 'If a person becomes Junub and does not find water for one month, can he perform Tayammum and offer his Ṣalāt (prayer)?" (He replied in the negative). Abū Mūsā said, 'What do you say about this Verse from Sūrat Al-Mā'ida: ...And you find not water then perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands... (V.5:6)' 'Abdullāh replied, 'If we allowed it then they would probably perform Tayammum with clean earth even if water were available but cold.' I said, "You then disliked to perform Tayammum because of this?" He said, "Yes." (Shaqīq added), "Abū Mūsā said, 'Haven't you heard the statement of 'Ammār to 'Umar? [He (Ammār) said:] I was sent out by Allāh's Messenger ﷺ for some job and I became Junub and could not find water so I rolled myself over the dust (clean earth) like an animal does, and when I told the Prophet ﷺ of that he said, 'Like this would have been sufficient.' The Prophet ﷺ (saying so) lightly stroked the earth with his hand once and blew it off, then passed his (left) hand over the back of his right hand or his (right) hand over the back of his left hand and then passed them over his face.' So 'Abdullāh said (to Abū Mūsā), "Don't you know that 'Umar was not satisfied with 'Ammār's statement?"" Narrated Shaqīq: While I was with 'Abdullāh and Abū Mūsā, the latter said to the former, "Haven't you heard the statement of 'Ammār to 'Umar? He said, "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ sent you and I out, I became Junub and rolled myself in the dust (clean earth) (for Tayammum). When we came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ I told him about it and he said, 'This would have been sufficient,' passing his hands over his face and the back of his hands once only.'"