Tayammum for a pregnant woman whom ghusl exhausts

A question about tayammum for a pregnant woman whom ghusl exhausts, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that tayammum is not resorted to while water can be used by heating it and warming the room; if that is impossible and ghusl would cause serious harm she may perform tayammum, but must make up the prayers. ¹

A pregnant woman with iron deficiency, who becomes very tired and cold when she bathes, asked about performing tayammum. ¹

The Department answered that tayammum may not replace an obligatory ghusl while one is able to use water, for example by heating the water, warming the place of bathing and similar precautions. ¹ It said that if this does not help or cannot be done, and ghusl would cause serious harm, she may perform tayammum because she is unable to use water owing to the harm, but she must make up the prayers she performed with that tayammum. ¹ It quoted Bushra al-Karim that cold permits tayammum only if warming does not help, nothing is available to heat the water, and harm is feared to life or limb or the onset or worsening of illness, and that mere discomfort from water does not permit tayammum. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4375, dated 30 March 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 ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.