The Bismillah in Ablution and Its Ruling Inside the Bathroom
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is the Bismillah in ablution an obligatory command? And how does he say it if he is inside the bathroom? May Allah protect you.
Answer:
According to the Hanbalis, yes, it is obligatory. The obligation is to say the Bismillah along with the dhikr; this is an obligation of ablution. Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) says there is no harm in saying it in the bathroom that is not the place for relieving oneself, but rather the washing areas attached to the bathroom, the washing areas attached to the bathroom, and not inside the place for relieving oneself. He says this because it is obligatory; the Bismillah is obligatory, and mentioning the name of Allah in that place is disliked, so the obligatory is given precedence over the disliked. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is the Bismillah in ablution an obligatory command? And how does he say it if he is inside the bathroom? May Allah protect you.
Answer:
According to the Hanbalis, yes, it is obligatory. The obligation is to say the Bismillah along with the dhikr; this is an obligation of ablution. Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) says there is no harm in saying it in the bathroom that is not the place for relieving oneself, but rather the washing areas attached to the bathroom, the washing areas attached to the bathroom, and not inside the place for relieving oneself. He says this because it is obligatory; the Bismillah is obligatory, and mentioning the name of Allah in that place is disliked, so the obligatory is given precedence over the disliked. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن تلاعبه وكيده : تلاعبه بالثنوية — islamhouse.com (1:03:31)
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