Is sniffing water and rinsing the mouth obligatory in the full ritual bath?

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The Shaykh : As for the full ritual bath, no; because the ablution is not obligatory in it, and because it is established in "Sahih Muslim" that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked how the full ritual bath is performed. He said (peace and blessings be upon him): . As for rinsing the mouth and sniffing water in the ablution, it is obligatory because the command to do so is established in more than one hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

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The Shaykh : It does not negate...

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The Shaykh : ... I did not say it negates; I said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the full ritual bath? He said—about himself, who is the most perfect and purest of souls: ; this indicates the obligatory aspect of the full ritual bath, which is to cover his entire body with water. As for the ablution, it is a recommended practice (sunnah). It is established in the hadith of Aisha and the hadith of Umm Salama in "the two Sahihs" and elsewhere that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the ablution before the full ritual bath. This is a recommended practice without doubt. However, the discussion or the question was not directed at the ablution before the full ritual bath: is it prescribed or not? If it had been, the answer would have been that it is a recommended practice, and that it is not prescribed to perform the ablution after the full ritual bath, because that is contrary to the Sunnah. The discussion was about rinsing the mouth and sniffing water: are they obligatory in the full ritual bath? So the answer was as you heard.