Al-Albānī: If Someone Forgot to Say “Bismillāh” for Wuḍū

Shaykh

Questioner: If someone forgot to say “bismillāh” at the start of his wuḍū [ablution], what is binding upon him?

Shaikh Al-Albānī: Nothing. [Allāh says:]

O our Lord, do not hold it against us if we [leave an obligation or do something prohibited because we] forgot, or [if] we do something the wrong way [because we were ignorant about the correct Islāmic way to do it].¹

¹Extract from Al-Baqarah 286, English meaning based on Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr

Silsilah Al-Hudá wa-l-Nūr, 051.

 

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