Is performing Tayammum permissible for impurity located on clothing or parts of the body other than the body itself?

Chapter on Tayammum

Al-Mughni

Book of Purification

Book 2 · Issue 3 · Bab 10

Open in Qurani

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Tayammum is not performed for impurity found on one's garment or on something other than the body. This is because Tayammum is a purification designated for the body, and thus it cannot substitute for washing an object external to the body, similar to how ritual washing cannot substitute for non-bodily purification. Additionally, when one is unable to use water, solid matter (Janid) cannot substitute for washing non-bodily items, unlike its substitution for the body in cases of ritual impurity.