Is it true that during the Time of Muhammed (pbuh)?

Question

since they all lived in the desert, i heard that they would cleanse themselvles with sand?

like wudu, but not the same?

and is it true to become tahir after you touch a dog, you must wipe your hands in sand, and then wash?

Answer 1

Yes, it is permissible to use sand or soil to clean yourself if you couldn't get water.

Answer 2

performing wudu with sand is called Tayammum, it is valid only when there is no water, once water is available tayammum becomes invalid.

as for touching dogs, only washing the hands in water would be enough,,

Allah knows

Answer 3

Tayammum (Arabic: تيمم‎) refers to the dry ablution in Islam using sand or dust, which may be performed in place of wudu or ghusl, only if no clean water is readily available.

Answer 4

Yes- they washed with the sand- but only when they're in the desert. Wudu is more a symbolic washing so it doesn't matter if they don't completely rid themselves of dirt- they are cleaning their souls and showing Allah that they are ready to worship Him.

Answer 5

something you will find informative---

Numerous people question as to what benefit could the hitting of hands upon the earth and then wiping them over the forehead and the back of the hands possibly possess, especially in the light of our knowledge that very many of the soils are dirty, polluted and a medium for the transfer of microbes?

Æ In answering such objections, attention ought to be paid to two points:

The Ethical Benefit: Tayammum is one of the acts of worship in which the ‘soul’ of worship - in the true meaning of the word - becomes manifested.  This is because man wipes his forehead, which is the most honourable portion of his body, by means of his hands that have been struck upon the earth in order to exhibit his humbleness and humility towards his Lord as if to say: My forehead and my hands are totally humble and subservient in Your presence - after which, he proceeds to engage himself in prayers or other acts of worship that require wudhu or ghusl.  This, in itself, has a great effect in developing within the people a spirit of humility, subservience and thanksgiving.

The Sanitary Benefit:  Today, it has been established that soil, due to its containing numerous bacteria, is able to do away with contamination and pollution.  These bacteria, whose work is to decompose organic substances and eliminate various kinds of infections, are generally located, in numerous numbers, on the surface of the earth or at  less depths, where they are better able to avail of and benefit from the air and sunlight.  And it is for this reason that an animal carcass or a human body - when buried after death, and similarly various polluted matter that are on the surface of the earth - get decomposed in a comparatively short period, and in the face of bacterial attack, the hub of infection gets destroyed.  Surely, if the soil were not to have possessed such a characteristic, the entire planet, in a short period, would have transformed into a center of infection.  Essentially, soil possesses a property that is similar to an antibiotic and is extraordinarily effective in eliminating microbes.

Thus, pure soil is not only not contaminated but instead, serves to eliminate contamination and in this respect it can, to a certain extent, be a substitute for water - the difference being that water is the dissolver, meaning that it dissolves the bacteria and carries it with itself whereas soil eliminates the microbes.

But it ought to be noted that the earth for tayammum should always be pure (taahir), just as the Qur'an, employing an interesting expression, says: طَيِّبا

Interestingly, the use of the word صَعِيْد, which has been derived from the root صُعُوْد, is an allusion to the fact that it is better to use the soil lying on the surface of the ground for this purpose - the same soil, which receives the air and the sunshine, and contains the microbe-killing bacteria.  If such a soil also happens to be pure, then tayammum by means of it shall possess the above benefits without carrying the slightest of detriments.

Answer 6

Yes you can do wudhu with sand, and yes it was sunna

Roar :)

Answer 7

you have described tayammum and it is still permissable but only when there's no access to water for either ghusl or wudu.

Answer 8

no its wrong......................................

Answer 9

im not sure if the Prophet did that, but i was taught that if there is no water what so ever around you, than yeah u can use sand to do wudu, just dont gargle with it lol

Answer 10

Yes.. you can also do wudu with sand. But i am sure they also did it with water.

Dog's spit breaks wudu because it is napak and dirty.

Answer 11

Sometimes. It's called Tayyammum (I think!) and is only done if you have no water to do wudu with

Yes, you have to wash hands after touching dogs (I think!)

Don't quote me, I'm not 100% sure