Is it permissible for a prisoner who can find neither water nor earth (dust) to perform tayammum by wiping the walls, or does "pure earth" only mean dust?
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A prisoner must exert effort to find water; if he does not find it, he may perform . Scholars differed on the meaning of "sa'id" (pure earth); some restricted it to dust, while others extended it to anything from the earth's kind, such as a wall. If he finds neither water nor sa'id from the earth's kind, he should pray in his current state due to his incapacity, and he is not required to repeat those prayers.
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