Description of Tayammum

“I once asked Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about Tayammum. He (the Imam) thumped his hands on the ground then raised them, and allowed loose soil to fall off them. He (the Imam) then wiped both (sections of) his forehead (the parts above both eyebrows) and (the back of) his palms (hands) only once.”

“Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), was once asked about Tayammum. He (the Imam) read this verse of the Holy Quran: ‘You must cut off the hands of male and female thieves.’ (5:38) He (the Imam) mentioned this verse of the Holy Quran. ‘Wash your faces and hands upto (from) your elbows’ (5:6) and said, ‘Wipe on (the back of that part of) your palms which must be cut in case of theft and your Lord is not to forget.’”

“I once asked him (the Imam) about Tayammum. He (the Imam) (a.s.), thumped his hand on the furnishing, then wiped with it his face and then the backs of his both hands one with the other.”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about Tayammum. He (the Imam) said, “Ammar Ibn Yasir once had experienced sexual relation and he rolled himself on the ground as certain animals do. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘O ‘Ammar, you rolled yourself on the ground as certain animals do.’ I (the narrator) then asked him (the Imam), ‘How is Tayammum done?’ He (the Imam) placed his hand on the sackcloth, then raised it and wiped his face, then the backs of his hands slightly.”
He (the narrator) has narrated it (the previous Hadith) from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Abu Ayyub also.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ‘Wudu’ is not valid from the place you walk on.’ Al-Nawfaliy has said, ‘It means the place on which one steps.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has prohibited that a man take Tayammum with the soil of the road.’”