FatwaFederal TerritoriesFunerals & Death
AL-KAFI #582: TAYAMMUM KE ATAS JENAZAH DISEBABKAN KETIADAAN AIR
If there is no water to wash a deceased person, should the body be given tayammum?
Short answer
When water is unavailable for washing the deceased, the body is given tayammum instead.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Funerals & Death
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
When water is unavailable for washing the deceased, the body is given tayammum instead. The ruling rests on analogy with the hadith of Ammar bin Yasir on tayammum for a person in a state of janabah without water, and on the maxim that a substitute takes the ruling of what it replaces. The person handling the body strikes the earth with his hands and wipes the face and both hands of the deceased. Imam al-Nawawi is also cited on other excuses, such as a burnt body whose flesh would separate if washed, which likewise call for tayammum.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
kami berpandangan bahawa sekiranya tidak ada air untuk memandikan jenazah, maka perlulah beralih kepada tayammum untuk jenazah.
Read the full fatwa on the Federal Territories website (new tab)
How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #582: TAYAMMUM KE ATAS JENAZAH DISEBABKAN KETIADAAN AIR”, 16 March 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/935-al-kafi-582-tayammum-ke-atas-jenazah-disebabkan-ketiadaan-air. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/tayammum-for-deceased-when-no-water/