What is the authenticity of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (There is no wudu for one who does not mention the name of Allah over it)?
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The questioner : Your honorable fatherly scholar (may Allah preserve you), what is the authenticity of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 102Sahih Maqtu' (Al-Albani) This means that the wudu is not valid without the mention of the name, and what follows from that. Please clarify, (may Allah preserve you)?
The Shaykh : His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 102Sahih Maqtu' (Al-Albani) This is a hadith regarding which the opinions of the hadith scholars have differed, both in the past and in recent times. What my soul has found peace with and what has opened my chest is that the hadith, in the aggregate of its chains, is an authentic and established hadith. Al-Hafiz Ibn Abi Shaybah, the author of his well-known book *Al-Musannaf*, explicitly stated this. He said: "It is established with us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 102Sahih Maqtu' (Al-Albani)". And since the hadith is established, the indication of the hadith is explicit, for one who does not mention Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) in his wudu has no wudu. This is supported by the fact that this phrase is the completion of a hadith whose wording is: Sunan Ibn Majah 398Hasan (Darussalam):
Sunan Ibn Majah 398Hasan (Darussalam) Just as the first phrase means that the prayer is not valid without wudu, so too the wudu is not valid without the mention of the name. And this, as I recall, is what Imam Ahmad held, that the mention of the name in wudu is a condition for the validity of the wudu. And the least that can be said on this occasion is:
that the most cautious course is for the one performing wudu to habitually mention the name always and forever, at least as we said for the sake of caution, to exit the disagreement existing among the scholars, first regarding the authenticity of the hadith and second regarding this ruling, because some of them say that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory. And the caution is to mention Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) over his wudu, and to habituate that always and forever until it becomes a disposition for him, as if it is a nature, but it is an act of worship. This is what I have.
the ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah is valid
لا وضوء لمن لم يذكر اسم الله عليهThe Shaykh : His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
the ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah is valid
لا وضوء لمن لم يذكر اسم الله عليهthe ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah is valid
لا وضوء لمن لم يذكر اسم الله عليهThere is no prayer for one who does not have ablution, and there is no ablution for one who does not mention the Name of Allah (before it).
لا صلاة لمن لا وضوء له ، ولا وضوء لمن لم يذكر اسم الله عليهThere is no prayer for one who does not have ablution, and there is no ablution for one who does not mention the Name of Allah (before it).
لا صلاة لمن لا وضوء له ، ولا وضوء لمن لم يذكر اسم الله عليهthat the most cautious course is for the one performing wudu to habitually mention the name always and forever, at least as we said for the sake of caution, to exit the disagreement existing among the scholars, first regarding the authenticity of the hadith and second regarding this ruling, because some of them say that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory. And the caution is to mention Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) over his wudu, and to habituate that always and forever until it becomes a disposition for him, as if it is a nature, but it is an act of worship. This is what I have.