Fatwa ID: 04999

Answered by: Alimah Safiyya-Maryam Ahmed

Question

Can tayammum be done on a clay pot that has been glazed?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Tayammum cannot be done on a clay pot that is glazed i.e covered by a thin coating of glass. The principle is that anything from the genus of the earth is allowed, not things that when burnt will turn to ashes, like grass, or melt with the heat, like glass.

Only Allah knows best

Written by Alimah Safiyya-Maryam Ahmed

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

ثُمَّ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ مَعْرِفَةِ جِنْسِ الْأَرْضِ، فَكُلُّ مَا يَحْتَرِقُ بِالنَّارِ فَيَصِيرُ رَمَادًا كَالْحَطَبِ وَالْحَشِيشِ وَنَحْوِهِمَا، أَوْ مَا يَنْطَبِعُ وَيَلِينُ كَالْحَدِيدِ وَالصُّفْرِ وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالزُّجَاجِ، وَعَيْنِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَنَحْوِهَا فَلَيْسَ مِنْ جِنْسِ الْأَرْضِ (بدائع الصنائع, كتاب الطهارة, فصل في بيان ما تيمم منه, صفخة ٥٣, المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة)