سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأطعمةFoods (Kitab Al-Atimah)
باب التَّسْمِيَةِ عَلَى الطَّعَامِChapter: Saying Bismillah over food.
Hadith 3765
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ وَعِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ : لَا مَبِيتَ لَكُمْ وَلَا عَشَاءَ ، وَإِذَا دَخَلَ فَلَمْ يُذْكَرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ : أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ ، فَإِذَا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ ، قَالَ : أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَالْعَشَاءَ " .
Jabir bin Abdullah said that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say: When a man enters his house and mention Allah’s name on entering and on his food, the devil says: You have no place to spend the night and no evening meal; but when he enters without mentioning Allah’s name on entering, the devil says: You have found a place to spend the night, and when he does not mention Allah’s name at his food, he says: You have found a place to spend the night and an evening meal.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit: Satan and his followers are not visible.
The statement of Allah, the Exalted, is:
( إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ) (Al-A'raf: 27) "Indeed, he (Satan) and his tribe see you from where you do not see them."
And their attacks are extremely hidden, severe,
and continuous.
The sure way to protect oneself from them is to mention the name of Allah.
Benefit: Satan and his followers are not visible.
The statement of Allah, the Exalted, is:
( إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ) (Al-A'raf: 27) "Indeed, he (Satan) and his tribe see you from where you do not see them."
And their attacks are extremely hidden, severe,
and continuous.
The sure way to protect oneself from them is to mention the name of Allah.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3765
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: This hadith establishes that when a person does not mention the name of Allah while eating or drinking, then Shaytan also becomes a partner with him, and he in reality eats the food. The consensus of the majority of scholars—whether from the early generations (salaf) or later ones (khalaf), whether theologians, jurists, or hadith scholars—is that Shaytan actually eats the food. There is no need for the interpretation that what is meant is merely the removal of blessing from the food. Similarly, when a person does not remember Allah upon entering the house, does not recite the supplication for entering the house, then Shaytan enters the house with him and frightens both the children and the adults.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5262
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ When entering the house and at the time of eating, what is meant by mentioning the name of Allah is to recite "Bismillah."
➋ When the devil enters the house, it results in lack of blessings and discord in the home. Similarly, if the devil partakes in the food at the time of eating, it also causes a lack of blessings in the food. Therefore, on both these occasions, one must mention the name of Allah.
➌ The remembrance of Allah protects one from the evil of the devil.
➊ When entering the house and at the time of eating, what is meant by mentioning the name of Allah is to recite "Bismillah."
➋ When the devil enters the house, it results in lack of blessings and discord in the home. Similarly, if the devil partakes in the food at the time of eating, it also causes a lack of blessings in the food. Therefore, on both these occasions, one must mention the name of Allah.
➌ The remembrance of Allah protects one from the evil of the devil.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3887
