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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Invocation of Allah During Ablution in the Restroom

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Question:
How do we invoke Allah with the intention of performing the act if there is a possibility of being prevented from doing so?

Answer:
There is no objection to invoking Allah in the bathroom, because the invocation is obligatory according to the position of Imam Ahmad and the apparent meaning of the hadith. The apparent meaning of the hadith is that there is no ablution for one who does not mention the name of Allah over it. He should invoke Allah even if he is in the bathroom, even though the bathrooms today, which are the restrooms, differ from what they were in the past. In the past, the toilets were places where impurity was gathered in the spot where one relieved himself, unlike now, where the impurity goes away with him to be flushed into the sewers. There is no harm in saying "Bismillah" because it is obligatory in the ablution. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 16 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الطهارة/الوضوء/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (32:24)

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