# Can I do tayammum instead of wudu if water makes my cough worse?

*Tayammum in winter when water worsens a cough*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/9/
- Date: 2021-01-26 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (39:55–41:12)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=2395s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/

**Topics:** Purification

**Question as asked:** Can I do tayammum during the winter season, as my cough gets ridiculously bad even if I touch warm or hot water?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Yes: tayammum is allowed for anyone with an excuse, and whether the excuse applies is for the person to judge.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says someone whose cough worsens with water may perform tayammum, since the Quran allows it for those with an excuse, and that the person judges for themselves whether the excuse applies.

**Evidence, his words at 40:39:** “if you need to do them you can do it look it's in the quran tiemoue is there as well okay so if you have an excuse it's your excuse to judge” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKcNwGGIBA&t=2439s)

## Longer summary

A questioner asks whether they can do tayammum in winter because their cough gets much worse when they touch even warm or hot water. After a joke, Mufti Abu Layth says not to worry and to do tayammum if it is needed, since it is in the Quran for those with an excuse. He says the excuse is the person's own to judge and nobody else's.

## Sources and names cited

- tayammum
- wudu

## Transcript (machine tier, 39:55–41:12)

[39:21] fine and i think you know stories and that are just casual stuff that they but when they get a bit older then maybe teaching them things about islam and a more deeper insight that's what i'm thinking but i see once again i don't know like somebody could say well you know they did that and it was a disaster and somebody could say well you know they did it and it was a great success and it does depend on the children as well because the people you're speaking about are individuals with individual personality and context and circumstances and you know so there's so much in this kind

[40:00] of to calculate for so it's a difficult one i have to admit it's a difficult one right so there were some super chats i think i may have missed some uh salaam the epicologist rather people the epicologist has asked salaam can i do tiamom during the winter season as my cough gets ridiculously bad even if i touch warm or hot water the cough worsens

[40:39] ah go on then what the hell do it man just do it man just do it not like your salah's gonna be accepted anyway uh i'm messing or am i [Laughter] ah don't worry about it do you see a mom if you need to do them you can do it look it's in the quran tiemoue is there as well okay so if you have an excuse it's your excuse to judge nobody else to judge you it's your call um somebody said

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment eoKcNwGGIBA/s/9. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eokcnwggiba/s/9/

Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.