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Duas for before wudu.
Begin your purification with the name of Allah (SWT)

The Sunnah connects wudu with remembering Allah's name at its start. Saying Bismillah opens the act of purification with remembrance.

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Before wudu

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismillah.

“In the name of Allah.”

Sunan Ibn Majah 399 (hasan)

The Prophet ﷺ said there is no wudu for the one who does not mention Allah's name over it. Scholars differ on whether this makes the bismillah obligatory or strongly recommended.

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