The Ruling on the Invocation Before Ablution
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Your Eminence! What is the ruling on the invocation before ablution?
The invocation before ablution is not obligatory; it is a recommended practice (sunnah). If a person says it, that is good, and if he does not say it, he owes nothing; because the hadith reported on this matter, Imam Ahmad said: that nothing is established in this chapter.
Its author transmitted this from him.
Moreover, those who described the ablution of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his family do not mention the basmalah.
Therefore, the correct view is that the basmalah in ablution is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory.
The invocation before ablution is not obligatory; it is a recommended practice (sunnah). If a person says it, that is good, and if he does not say it, he owes nothing; because the hadith reported on this matter, Imam Ahmad said: that nothing is established in this chapter.
Its author transmitted this from him.
Moreover, those who described the ablution of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his family do not mention the basmalah.
Therefore, the correct view is that the basmalah in ablution is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory.