Is the Basmalah before ablution considered a condition such that intentionally omitting it invalidates ablution, for one to whom the Hadith of the Basmalah has been affirmed, based on Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen's statement that "no ablution" negates validity?
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Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen holds that mentioning Allah's name (Tasmiyah) before ablution (Wudu') is a Sunnah. However, it becomes obligatory and a condition for the validity of Wudu' for those who accept the authenticity of the hadith: "There is no Wudu' for one who does not mention Allah's name upon it." This is because he views the negation in the hadith as a negation of validity, not of perfection. In contrast, other scholars consider the hadith weak, or they interpret the negation within it as referring to perfection rather than validity, or they believe that the mention intended in the hadith is the intention (niyyah) and not the verbal Tasmiyah.
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