The basmalah is mentioned at the beginning of wudu, commonly by saying بِسْمِ اللَّهِ.
The specified placement is at the beginning. Mentioning Allah later remains a meritorious remembrance, but it does not reproduce the same initial sequence. The question of sunnah status is separate from whether omitting it invalidates wudu.
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Sunnahs of Wudu and Their Juristic Rulings
The basmalah is mentioned at the beginning of wudu, commonly by saying بِسْمِ اللَّهِ.
The specified placement is at the beginning. Mentioning Allah later remains a meritorious remembrance, but it does not reproduce the same initial sequence. The question of sunnah status is separate from whether omitting it invalidates wudu.