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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 7389 — What Has Been Reported Regarding Saying
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.
