Saying 'Bismillāh' While Starting Wudū'
Darussalam · Volume 1
1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATIONSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 102 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 25
Source no. 102 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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102. Ibn Wahb narrated from Ad-Darāwārdī, who mentioned that Rabī'ah explained the meaning of the Hadīth of the Prophet ﷺ: There is no Wudū' for one who did not mention the Name of Allāh over it, — "It is (about) the one who performs Wudū' or Ghusl but he does not have the intention to perform the Wudū' (performed) for Ṣalāt or the Ghusl (performed) for sexual impurity." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
102 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنِ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ، قَالَ: وَذَكَرَ رَبِيعَةُ، أَنَّ تَفْسِيرَ حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا وُضُوءَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ» أَنَّهُ الَّذِي يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَغْتَسِلُ، وَلَا يَنْوِي وُضُوءًا لِلصَّلَاةِ، وَلَا غُسْلًا لِلْجَنَابَةِ
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One should begin Wudū' with the statement 'Bismillāh' (In the Name of Allāh). It is Wājib (obligatory) according to an order of the Prophet ﷺ, see Sunan An-Nasā'ī, Hadīth no. 78.