Another question from him: He asks, “What is the supplication that I can recite before and after my ablution?”
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The questioner : Another question from him: He asks, “What is the supplication that I can recite before and after my ablution?”
The Shaykh : Before the ablution, you say: “In the name of Allah.” As for after the ablution, you say: “I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. O Allah, make me among those who repent, and make me among those who purify themselves.”
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for what some scholars mentioned regarding a specific dhikr for each body part, this has no basis. Therefore, it is not prescribed for a person to supplicate to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) every time he washes his face, saying, “O Allah, make my face forbidden to the Fire,” or when he washes his hands, saying a specific dhikr, or when he wipes his head, saying a specific dhikr, or when he washes his feet, saying a specific dhikr. This has no basis in the Shari'ah, and worshipping Allah with it is a religious innovation.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Before the ablution, you say: “In the name of Allah.” As for after the ablution, you say: “I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. O Allah, make me among those who repent, and make me among those who purify themselves.”
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for what some scholars mentioned regarding a specific dhikr for each body part, this has no basis. Therefore, it is not prescribed for a person to supplicate to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) every time he washes his face, saying, “O Allah, make my face forbidden to the Fire,” or when he washes his hands, saying a specific dhikr, or when he wipes his head, saying a specific dhikr, or when he washes his feet, saying a specific dhikr. This has no basis in the Shari'ah, and worshipping Allah with it is a religious innovation.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.