Recommended supplications

270. It has been recommended that a person performing Wudhu should recite the following supplication when his eyes fall on water:

Bismillahi wa billahi wal hamdu lil lahil lazi ja'alal ma'a tahura wa lam yaj alhu najisa. (I begin my ablution in the Name of Allah. All praise is due to Allah, Who made water purifying, and not Najis).

While washing the hands before performing Wudhu, one should say: