The Invocation When Performing Ablution Inside the Bathroom

Question:
The questioner says, may Allah protect you: If a person performs wudu' (ablution) inside the current bathroom, does he mention the name of Allah before his wudu'?

Answer:
By Allah, the situation now is different from what it was before. Previously, the latrines were places for relieving oneself, but now they are called bathrooms. This has changed their status, and the waste now goes away with the water. In the past, the waste would remain in the latrine. Because of this, the ruling differs in this regard.
The second aspect, as our Shaykh, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), stated, is that the mention of Allah's name in wudu' is obligatory according to the most precise scholars. Since it is obligatory, it does not drop off him while he is in the bathroom. He mentions the name even if he is in the bathroom, because one does not leave an obligatory act in order to avoid a disliked one. Remembering Allah in the bathroom is disliked, but the mention of Allah for wudu' is obligatory, so the obligatory act is not left. Therefore, he (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that the one performing wudu' in the bathroom mentions the name of Allah for his wudu' because it is obligatory upon him. Yes.