Tayammum instead of ghusl in severe cold

A question about performing tayammum instead of ghusl because of severe cold, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that it is permitted for someone whose illness prevents using water, or who finds the water cold, cannot heat it and would be harmed by it, but that prayers performed with that tayammum must be made up. ¹

The questioner asked about the ruling on performing tayammum, dry ablution, instead of ghusl because of severe cold. ¹

The Department answered that someone who is ill and cannot use water, or who finds the water cold, cannot heat it and would be harmed by using it, may perform tayammum. ¹ It said that such a person must make up the prayers performed with tayammum in this case, because he is in a place where lack of water is rare. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4057, dated 18 January 2026. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.