General Fatwas
May One Perform Tayammum Fearing That the Funeral Prayer Will Be Missed?
Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz
Local English rendering of the selected Arabic question and answer. The Arabic source remains authoritative; this is not an official published English edition.
Question
May a person perform tayammum if he fears missing the funeral prayer?
Answer (English translation)
No; there is no basis for that: "If you do not find water, then perform tayammum" (Qur'an 4:43).