حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ صُبْحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَصَحِبْتُهُ إِلَى وَاسِطٍ وَكَانَ يُسَمِّي فِي أَوَّلِ طَعَامِهِ وَفِي آخِرِ لُقْمَةٍ يَقُولُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُسَمِّي فِي أَوَّلِ مَا تَأْكُلُ أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَكَ فِي آخِرِ مَا تَأْكُلُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ قَالَ أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ إِنَّ جَدِّي أُمَيَّةَ بْنَ مَخْشِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْكُلُ وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْظُرُ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ حَتَّى كَانَ فِي آخِرِ طَعَامِهِ لُقْمَةٌ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى سَمَّى فَلَمْ يَبْقَ فِي بَطْنِهِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا قَاءَهُ
Jabir bin Subh says: Mathna bin Abdur Rahman Khuza'i narrated to me, I stayed in his company up to Wasit, he would recite Bismillah at the beginning of the meal and at the last morsel he would say: BISMILLAHI FI AWWALIHI WA AKHIRIHI. I said to him: You say Bismillah at the beginning of the meal and at the end you say BISMILLAHI FI AWWALIHI WA AKHIRIHI. He said: I will tell you about this. My grandfather, Sayyiduna Umayyah bin Makhshi (may Allah be pleased with him), who was among the Companions, I heard from him, he said: A man was eating food and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was watching him, he had not recited Bismillah. When it was the last morsel of food, he said BISMILLAHI FI AWWALIHI WA AKHIRIHI. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Satan kept eating with him, until when he recited Bismillah, whatever was in Satan’s belly, he vomited it out.