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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الأطعمة
Book of Foods
بَاب مَا جَاء فِي التَّسْمِيةِ عَلَى الْأَكْلِ وَالدُّعَاءِ فِي أَوَّلَهِ وَآخِرِه وَإِنَّ أَشْرَفَ الْقَوْمِ هُوَ الَّذِي يَبْدَأ بالاكل
Chapter: What Has Been Reported Regarding Saying Bismillah Before Eating, Supplicating at the Beginning and End, and That the Noblest Person Begins Eating
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 7388 — What Has Been Reported Regarding Saying
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَضَعُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي الطَّعَامِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ يَبْدَأُ
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Companions would not begin eating until the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) started eating.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … This was the status and rank of the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in the minds and hearts of the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum), that they would not begin eating before him sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
