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Surah An-Nisa · 4:29

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Recap & Battle of Dhat Al Salasil — Episode 75
“Do not kill yourselves. Surely, Allah is ever Merciful to you.”
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“Do not kill yourselves. Surely, Allah is ever Merciful to you.”

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Recap & Battle of Dhat Al Salasil — Episode 75
“Ya Rasulullah, I heard Allah say, 'Do not kill yourselves. Surely, Allah is ever Merciful to you' [Quran, 4:29], and I was worried that if I took a bath, I would kill myself. Therefore, I did tayammum and did not take a bath.”
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The Sariyya of Dhat al-Salasil

~Jumada al-Ula or Jumada al-Thani, 8 AH -- a few weeks after the Battle of Mu'tah

Cited by Amr ibn al-As as grounds for performing tayammum instead of a life-threatening cold-weather ghusl.

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Amr ibn al-As RA
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Recap & Battle of Dhat Al Salasil — Episode 75
“Ya Rasulullah, I heard Allah say, 'Do not kill yourselves. Surely, Allah is ever Merciful to you' [Quran, 4:29], and I was worried that if I took a bath, I would kill myself. Therefore, I did tayammum and did not take a bath.”
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mentions — Amr cited this verse to justify performing tayammum rather than a potentially fatal cold-weather ghusl.

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