Question
Is it permissible to pray on the ground that has been cleansed by the sun and wind after it has been affected by impurity?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: It is permissible to pray on it; because the earth is purified by the sun and the wind, but it is not permissible to perform tayammum with it; due to the requirement of purity as stated in the Quran: {So perform tayammum with pure earth} [An-Nisa: 43]; and because the dust is pure and purifying, and after drying out from impurity, it returns to being pure but not purifying. Refer to: Al-Bahr Al-Ra'iq 1: 237, Al-Wiqayah p. 131, and the explanation of Al-Wiqayah by Ibn Malik Q19/B, and God knows best.