Is the invocation of the name of Allah obligatory in the full ritual bath?

The questioner : ... Is the invocation of the name of Allah obligatory in the full ritual bath?

The Shaykh : The invocation of the name of Allah is obligatory in the full ritual bath; because it takes the place of the ablution, and there is no ablution for one who does not invoke the name of Allah upon it. Yes.
Regarding the invocation, it is obligatory in the full ritual bath; because the ablution, which is the original act that is dropped here, is not permissible without the invocation.

The questioner : Likewise, the ablution is not permissible without gargling and sniffing water into the nose.

The Shaykh : But here the ablution is dropped, meaning the full ritual bath takes the place of the ablution, as evidenced by the previous hadith. As for the invocation, we have:
First: the general principle, which is beginning every act with "In the name of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He."
And second: the original state of the ablution that was dropped is that the invocation is necessary; therefore, due to this specific evidence and the general evidence, it is more likely in our view that the invocation is necessary before the full ritual bath.