How Can I Pray If My Menses End During Travel and I Can’t Make Tayammum?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
How can I pray if my menses end during travel, and I cannot perform ghusl or tayammum due to lack of soil at the airport? Is wudu sufficient in this situation?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
Wudu is not sufficient. While it is possible to find dusty areas in some cleaner parts of the airport, preparing for this scenario is essential for Muslims. If one cannot find a dusty area for Tayammum (dry ablution), one will need to wait until one reaches one’s destination to take a bath and perform one’s prayers.
‘Imran Ibn Husayn al-Khuza‘i (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) saw a person sitting aloof and not praying with the people. He asked him, “O so and so! What prevented you from offering the prayer with the people?”
He replied, “O Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace)! I am in a state of ritual impurity (Junub), and there is no water.” The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Perform Tayammum with clean earth, and that will be sufficient for you.” [Bukhari]
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
