1. Purification

١۔ كتاب الطهارة

1.48 Saying 'Bismillah' While Starting Wudu'

١۔٤٨ باب التَّسْمِيَةِ عَلَى الْوُضُوءِ

abudawud:101Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Mūsá > Yaʿqūb b. Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The prayer of a person who does not perform ablution is not valid, and the ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah (in the beginning) is not valid.  

أبو داود:١٠١حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ صَلاَةَ لِمَنْ لاَ وُضُوءَ لَهُ وَلاَ وُضُوءَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ  

abudawud:102Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > al-Darāwardī > Wadhakar Rabīʿah

This tradition means that if a person performs ablution and takes a bath but does not have the intention to perform ablution for prayer and purify himself from sexual defilement, his ablution or bath is not valid.  

أبو داود:١٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنِ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ قَالَ وَذَكَرَ رَبِيعَةُ

أَنَّ تَفْسِيرَ حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لاَ وُضُوءَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ الَّذِي يَتَوَضَّأُ وَيَغْتَسِلُ وَلاَ يَنْوِي وُضُوءًا لِلصَّلاَةِ وَلاَ غُسْلاً لِلْجَنَابَةِ