The Invocation of Allah During Ablution and in Restrooms
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is the invocation of Allah obligatory during ablution? And if a person is inside the restrooms and wants to perform ablution, is he permitted to invoke Allah?
Answer:
Yes, the invocation of Allah is obligatory during ablution, as held by Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him). The restrooms are the place for relieving oneself, and it is not a place to remember Allah in, but the place for washing and the place for ablution, there is no harm in that. The restrooms are not entirely the place for relieving oneself; it is the place for relieving oneself where the issue lies. As for the washing areas outside the place for relieving oneself, the matter is easy. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is the invocation of Allah obligatory during ablution? And if a person is inside the restrooms and wants to perform ablution, is he permitted to invoke Allah?
Answer:
Yes, the invocation of Allah is obligatory during ablution, as held by Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him). The restrooms are the place for relieving oneself, and it is not a place to remember Allah in, but the place for washing and the place for ablution, there is no harm in that. The restrooms are not entirely the place for relieving oneself; it is the place for relieving oneself where the issue lies. As for the washing areas outside the place for relieving oneself, the matter is easy. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 19-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:15:50)
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