impurity, as well as major ritual impurity. Thus, it cannot be said: Whatever is obligatory in purification with water is also obligatory in purification by tayammum. Nevertheless, as a matter of precaution, it is preferable to say Allah’s Name when performing tayammum as well.

One who reflects on the hadith of Ammar ibn Yasir, in which the Prophet ﷺ said, “It would have been sufficient for you to do this,” (1) will understand from it that saying Allah’s Name is not obligatory in tayammum.

In the Sacred Law, saying Allah’s Name may be a condition for an act’s validity, an obligation, a sunnah, or an innovation. It is a condition for an act’s validity in the case of slaughtering and hunting; according to the sounder view, it is not waived, whether deliberately omitted, omitted out of ignorance, or omitted through forgetfulness. Thus, if someone slaughters an animal or hunts without remembering to say Allah’s Name, the slaughtered animal and the game become unlawful.

According to the school, if someone shoots at game and forgets to say Allah’s Name, it becomes unlawful; but if he slaughters an animal and forgets to say Allah’s Name, it becomes lawful (2)! This is one of the remarkable oddities of legal knowledge. For hunting deserves the excuse more; so how can people be excused in the case of a slaughtered animal but not excused in the case of game?! Especially since a person will generally hurry upon seeing game and forget to say Allah’s Name. The school’s evidence that saying Allah’s Name is not waived in hunting when forgotten is the Prophet’s ﷺ statement: “If you send your dog and say Allah’s Name, then eat.” (3) This entails that if you do not mention Allah’s Name, then do not eat.