Is ablution required if one loses the location of one's water supply and then finds it?

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If a person loses the location of their water supply (such as their baggage containing water, or a known well) and subsequently finds it, ablution is not required upon finding it. This is the correct opinion, held by Al-Shafi'i. The evidence is derived from the general ruling that one who does not find water must perform Tayammum, as stated in the verse: {If you cannot find water, then proceed to clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands with it} [Al-Ma'idah: 6]. Since the person was not in actual possession of the water, they fall under this ruling. Furthermore, the person was not negligent in causing the absence of water.