Is it obligatory to give water to a person who does not pray in order to save him from dying of thirst and to perform Tayammum for prayer, or to keep the water for Wudu and let him die, taking into account the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "The covenant between us and them is prayer; whoever abandons it has disbelieved," and the verse: "And whoever saves a life - it is as though he had saved all mankind"?
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Water must be given to an infallible (ma'sum) whose life is feared to be in danger, whether human—Muslim or non-Muslim—or animal, even if doing so leads to tayammum due to the loss of water for purification. This is because the sanctity of a human being and the preservation of life take precedence over purification with water.
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