English translation
144. 'Ammār bin Yāsir narrated that the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to perform Tayammum by rubbing his face and two palms. (Hasan) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Āishah and Ibn 'Abbās. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Ammār is a Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. It has been reported from 'Ammār by more than one route. This is the opinion of more than one of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, among them: 'Alī, 'Ammār, Ibn 'Abbās, and more than one of the Tābi'īn, among them: Ash-Sha'bi, 'Aṭā', and Makhūl. They said that Tayammum is performed by rubbing the face and the palms. And this is the view of Aḥmad and Iṣhāq. Some of the people of knowledge – among them Ibn ‘Umar, Jābir, Ibrāhīm, and Al-Ḥasan – said: Tayammum is performed by rubbing the face and rubbing the hands up to the elbows. And this is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Mālik, Ibn Al-Mubārak, and Ash-Shāfi‘ī. The Hadīth from ‘Ammār about Tayammum, in which he said: “the face and two palms” has been reported from more than one route. It has also been reported from ‘Ammār that he said: “We performed Tayammum in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ up to the shoulders and armpits.” So some of the people of knowledge considered the Hadīth of ‘Ammār – from the Prophet ﷺ, stating that Tayammum is for the face and the two hands – as weak, because of what was reported from him in the Hadīth about the shoulders and the armpits. Ishāq bin Ibrāhīm [bin Mukhlad Al-Ḥanzālī] said: The Hadīth of ‘Ammār on Tayammum for the face and the two palms is a [Ḥasan] Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth, and the Hadīth of ‘Ammār: “We performed Tayammum with the Prophet ﷺ up to our shoulders and our armpits” does not contradict the Hadīth that mentions the face and the two palms. Because ‘Ammār did not say that the Prophet ﷺ ordered them to do that, he only said, “We did this and that" so when the Prophet ﷺ was asked about it, he ordered them to do the face and the two palms. [So he resorted to what Allāh's Messenger ﷺ taught him: the face and the two palms.] The proof for this is the verdict that 'Ammār gave after the death of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ that Tayammum is to rub the face and two palms. This indicated that he resorted to the instruction that the Messenger of Allāh gave him that Tayammum involves only the face and the palms. [He said: I heard Abū Zur'ah 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Abdul-Karīm saying: "I did not see any who was better at memorizing in Al-Baṣrah than these three: 'Alī bin Al-Madīnī, Ibn Ash-Shādhakūnī, and 'Amr bin 'Alī Al-Fallās." ][1] [Abū Zu'rah said: 'Affān bin Muslim narrated a Hadīth from 'Amr bin 'Alī]