The Ruling on the Basmalah in Wudu
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The questioner: Allah is the Greatest. By the ruling on tying the beard.
The Shaykh: If it is due to laziness, it is obligatory.
The questioner: And the opposite is not obligatory. Why, Shaykh? Because the water reaches, meaning? Yes, indeed. Praise be to Allah. I heard a tape of Salman al-'Udah in which he mentioned hadiths about the wudu' of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the basmalah is not mentioned in them. So he rejected the hadith that there is no wudu' whenSunan Abi Dawud 2819 the Sunnah with these hadiths in which the basmalah is not mentioned. So what is the correct understanding?
The Shaykh: The correct view is that the additional element is added to the deficient one, and the whole is taken in its entirety.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: And the hadith "There is no wudu' for one who does not mention the name of Allah" contains an additional ruling. Yes. Over those hadiths. Yes.
The questioner: In that there is another hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, when the money came to them, "Perform wudu'." He said:
The Shaykh: "Perform wudu' in the name of Allah."
The questioner: By Allah.
The Shaykh: The important thing is that the additional element is taken, so the additional element.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: If it is due to laziness, it is obligatory.
The questioner: And the opposite is not obligatory. Why, Shaykh? Because the water reaches, meaning? Yes, indeed. Praise be to Allah. I heard a tape of Salman al-'Udah in which he mentioned hadiths about the wudu' of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the basmalah is not mentioned in them. So he rejected the hadith that there is no wudu' when
on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced.
لم يذكر اسم الله عليه إلىThe Shaykh: The correct view is that the additional element is added to the deficient one, and the whole is taken in its entirety.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: And the hadith "There is no wudu' for one who does not mention the name of Allah" contains an additional ruling. Yes. Over those hadiths. Yes.
The questioner: In that there is another hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, when the money came to them, "Perform wudu'." He said:
The Shaykh: "Perform wudu' in the name of Allah."
The questioner: By Allah.
The Shaykh: The important thing is that the additional element is taken, so the additional element.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1336 — d3watuna.com (2:35)
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