It is known that among the obligatory acts of wudu' is the recitation of the name of Allah with dhikr at the beginning of wudu'. Is it permissible to recite the name if the wudu' is performed inside the bathroom?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : It is known that among the obligatory acts of wudu' is the recitation of the name of Allah with dhikr at the beginning of wudu'. Is it permissible to recite the name if the wudu' is performed inside the bathroom?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
The statementThe questioner : It is known that the recitation of the name is obligatory in wudu'. This is correct according to the well-known position of the madhhab of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), but there is disagreement among the scholars on this issue:
Some of them consider it obligatory based on their view that the hadith is authentic, which is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 102Sahih Maqtu' (Al-Albani).
And some of them consider that the recitation of the name is not obligatory because this hadith is not established in their view, as Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Nothing is established in this chapter". So the obligation of reciting the name in wudu' is a matter of disagreement among the scholars.
But whoever says it is obligatory, if a person performs wudu' in a place where it is not appropriate to remember Allah, he should recite the name and there is no blame on him for that, because an obligatory act is not dropped by a disliked thing. So if we say that dhikr is disliked in the bathroom, for example, that does not drop the obligation of reciting the name in wudu', because the obligatory is more emphasized than leaving the disliked. So he recites the name and there is no blame on him for that.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
The statementThe questioner : It is known that the recitation of the name is obligatory in wudu'. This is correct according to the well-known position of the madhhab of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), but there is disagreement among the scholars on this issue:
Some of them consider it obligatory based on their view that the hadith is authentic, which is the saying of the Prophet (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 عليهAnd some of them consider that the recitation of the name is not obligatory because this hadith is not established in their view, as Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Nothing is established in this chapter". So the obligation of reciting the name in wudu' is a matter of disagreement among the scholars.
But whoever says it is obligatory, if a person performs wudu' in a place where it is not appropriate to remember Allah, he should recite the name and there is no blame on him for that, because an obligatory act is not dropped by a disliked thing. So if we say that dhikr is disliked in the bathroom, for example, that does not drop the obligation of reciting the name in wudu', because the obligatory is more emphasized than leaving the disliked. So he recites the name and there is no blame on him for that.