If one wants to say the Basmalah before any action, should one recite it aloud, or is intention alone sufficient?
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Question:
This questioner asks whether it is obligatory to recite the Basmalah aloud when performing worldly affairs, or whether it suffices to have it in the heart?
Answer:
It is obligatory to vocalize it. One vocalizes it, whether he recites it aloud or lets only himself hear it; in that case, he has performed the Basmalah. However, if he intends it in his heart without vocalizing it, that is not sufficient. Yes.
This questioner asks whether it is obligatory to recite the Basmalah aloud when performing worldly affairs, or whether it suffices to have it in the heart?
Answer:
It is obligatory to vocalize it. One vocalizes it, whether he recites it aloud or lets only himself hear it; in that case, he has performed the Basmalah. However, if he intends it in his heart without vocalizing it, that is not sufficient. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2329 - من أراد البسملة عند أي عمل، هل يجهر بها أم تكفي النية فقط؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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