The Invocation When Bathing in the Restroom
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The questioner:
If I take a full ritual bath in the bathroom, is it obligatory for me to say the name of Allah?
The Shaykh:
According to the view that it is obligatory, then yes, it is obligatory. According to the view that saying the name of Allah is obligatory in the ablution and the full ritual bath, one should say it in the bath and in the hot spring, and one should not leave off what is obligatory. Yes. As for the view that it is a recommended practice, which is the more prevalent view, it is not obligatory. Yes.
The questioner:
A small branch.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
If I take a full ritual bath in the bathroom, is it obligatory for me to say the name of Allah?
The Shaykh:
According to the view that it is obligatory, then yes, it is obligatory. According to the view that saying the name of Allah is obligatory in the ablution and the full ritual bath, one should say it in the bath and in the hot spring, and one should not leave off what is obligatory. Yes. As for the view that it is a recommended practice, which is the more prevalent view, it is not obligatory. Yes.
The questioner:
A small branch.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [8] — alfawzan.live (8:43)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.