BASMALLĀH IS RECOMMENDED BEFORE PERFORMING ANY DEED

 *BASMALLĀH IS RECOMMENDED BEFORE PERFORMING ANY DEED*

Basmalāh (reciting Bismillāh) is recommended before starting any action or deed. For instance,

- Basmalāh is recommended before starting a Khutbah (speech).

- The Basmalāh is also recommended before one enters the place where he wants to relieve himself, there is a Hadith concerning this practice.

- Further, Basmalāh is recommended at the beginning of ablution, for Imam Ahmad and the Sunan compilers recorded that Abu Hurayrah, Said bin Zayd and Abu Said narrated from the Prophet (ﷺ): *"There is no valid ablution for he who did not mention ALLAH'S Name in it".*

This Hadith is Hasan (good).

Also, the Basmalāh is recommended before eating, for Muslim recorded in his Sahih that the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said to Umar bin Abi Salamah while he was a child under his care: *"Say Bismillāh, eat with your right hand and eat from whatever is next to you."*

Some of the scholars stated that Basmalāh before eating is obligatory.

Basmalāh before having sexual intercourse is also recommended. The Two Sahihs recorded that Ibn Abbas said that the Messenger of ALLĀH (ﷺ) said, *"If anyone of you before having sexual relations with his wife says:*

> *بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ أَللَّٰهُمَّ جَنِّبۡنَا ٱلشَّيطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ ٱلشَّيطَانَ مَا رَزَقۡتَنَا*

> *Bismillāh. Allāhumma jannibnash-Shaytāna, wa jannibish-Shaytāna mā razaqtanā.*

> *'In the Name of ALLĀH. O ALLĀH! Protect us from Satan and also protect what you grant us (meaning the coming offspring) from Satan,'*

*and if it is destined that they should have a child then, Satan will never be able to harm that child."*

*{Tafsi‌r Ibn Kathīr}*

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