If you are ill or on a journey or if you come from a place where you have relieved yourself or have contacted women, and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe with it over your hands and face. Indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
-Surah 4:43
Have you ever prayed into the wind? Even if in the lee of a couched camel? KhairAllah was filmed doing this. He seemed to be in a hurry, the other drovers had already set off with the dabouka and his own camel was growling and restless. I saw him wipe himself down with sand, do a few rak’ahs, say the bismillah as he mounted, then trot off to catch up. The wind was gusting high and I remember Mustapha having trouble with the sound level. It seemed to spike when KhairAllah said, In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.