Basmalah is recommended before performing any Deed
Basmalah (reciting Bismillah) is recommended before starting any action or
deed. For instance, Basmalah is recommended before starting a Khutbah (speech).
The Basmalah is also recommended before one enters the place where he wants
to relieve himself, there is a Hadith concerning this practice. Further,
Basmalah is recommended at the beginning of ablution, for Imam Ahmad and the
Sunan compilers recorded that Abu Hurayrah, Sa`id bin Zayd and Abu Sa`id
narrated from the Prophet ,
«لَا وُضُوءَ لِمَنْ
لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ»
(There is no valid ablution for he who did not mention Allah's Name in it.)
This Hadith is Hasan (good). Also, the Basmalah is recommended before eating,
for Muslim recorded in his Sahih that the Messenger of Allah said to `Umar bin
Abi Salamah while he was a child under his care,
«قُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ
وَكُلْ بِيَمِينِكَ وَكُلْ مِمَّا يَلِيكَ»
(Say Bismillah, eat with your right hand and eat from whatever is next to
you.)
Some of the scholars stated that Basmalah before eating is obligatory.
Basmalah before having sexual intercourse is also recommended. The Two Sahihs
recorded that Ibn `Abbas said that the Messenger of Allah said,
«لَوْ أَنَّ
أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَهْلَهُ قَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ اللَهُمَّ
جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا،فَإنَّهُ إِنْ
يُقَدَّرْ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَدٌ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَبَدًا»
(If anyone of you before having sexual relations with his wife says, 'In the
Name of Allah. O Allah! 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.)
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