Is ghusl valid if it is not preceded by an explicit intention, whether verbally or in the heart?
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For a mandatory or recommended (ritual bath), it is a condition to have the intention in the heart to remove (state of ritual impurity) or to attain reward, and it is not a condition to utter it verbally. As for a ghusl that is neither mandatory nor recommended, no intention is required for it. Saying "Bismillah" (in the name of Allah) before ghusl is a according to the majority of scholars and is not obligatory.
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