Is it permissible to perform Tayammum using fine, fired pottery or clay?

Chapter on Tayammum

Al-Mughni

Book of Purification

Book 2 · Issue 1 · Bab 10

Open in Qurani

Primary text

It is not permissible to perform Tayammum using fine, fired pottery or clay, because the firing process removes the substance from being classified as soil ('turab').