Question
Is it permissible to perform tayammum on the ground that has been purified by the sun and wind after it has been affected by impurity?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: It is not permissible; this is due to the condition of purity being stipulated in the text for tayammum by His saying: (So perform tayammum with clean soil); and because the dust is pure and purifying, and when it dries after impurity, it becomes pure but not purifying, even if it is permissible to pray on it. See: 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.