I was sitting between Abdullah and Abu Musa when Abu Musa said, "Abu Abdul-Rahman, what do you say about a man who becomes ritually impure and cannot find water for a month? Should he not perform tayammum?"Abdullah replied, "No, he should not perform tayammum even if he does not find water for a month."Abu Musa said, "Then what do you do with this verse in Surah al-Maidah, 'and you do not find water, then perform tayammum with clean earth' [Maidah 5:6]?"Abdullah said, "If they were granted a concession in this matter, they would soon resort to tayammum with earth whenever the water felt cold to them."Abu Musa said to him, "Is this the only reason you dislike it?"Abdullah said, "Yes."Abu Musa then said to him, "Have you not heard what Ammar said to Umar? 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on an errand, and I became ritually impure but could not find water, so I rolled in the earth like an animal. Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned this to him, and he said, It would have been enough for you to do this.' Then he struck the ground with his hand and shook off the dust, then struck his right hand with his left and his left with his right over the palms, then wiped his face."Abdullah said to him, "Do you not see that Umar was not satisfied with Ammar's statement?"
حدثنا محمد بن سليمان الأنباري حدثنا أبو معاوية الضرير عن الأعمش
كنت جالسا بين عبد الله وأبي موسى فقال أبو موسى يا أبا عبد الرحمن أرأيت لو أن رجلا أجنب فلم يجد الماء شهرا أما كان يتيمم فقال لا وإن لم يجد الماء شهرا فقال أبو موسى فكيف تصنعون بهذه الآية التي في سورة المائدة {فلم تجدوا ماء فتيمموا صعيدا طيبا} فقال عبد الله لو رخص لهم في هذا لأوشكوا إذا برد عليهم الماء أن يتيمموا بالصعيد فقال له أبو موسى وإنما كرهتم هذا لهذا قال نعم فقال له أبو موسى ألم تسمع قول عمار لعمر بعثني رسول الله ﷺ في حاجة فأجنبت فلم أجد الماء فتمرغت في الصعيد كما تتمرغ الدابة ثم أتيت النبي ﷺ فذكرت ذلك له فقال إنما كان يكفيك أن تصنع هكذا فضرب بيده على الأرض فنفضها ثم ضرب بشماله على يمينه وبيمينه على شماله على الكفين ثم مسح وجهه فقال له عبد الله أفلم تر عمر لم يقنع بقول عمار
Muslim narrated it in the chapter on Hayd, section on tayammum, no. 368, from the hadith of Abu Muawiya. Bukhari narrated it in the chapter on tayammum, section titled "If a person in a state of major impurity fears for himself illness or death, or fears thirst, he performs tayammum," no. 345, 346, from the hadith of Sulayman Amash, with the same chain.