صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الأشربةThe Book of Drinks
باب آدَابِ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ وَأَحْكَامِهِمَا:Chapter: The etiquette of eating and drinking, and rulings thereon
Hadith 2018
وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ يَعْنِي أَبَا عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَنَّهُ 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 يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ ، قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ : أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ ، وَإِذَا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ ، قَالَ : أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَالْعَشَاءَ " .
Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: When a person enters his house and mentions the name of Allah at the time of entering it and while eating the food, Satan says (addressing himself: You have no place to spend the night and no evening meal; but when he enters without mentioning the name of Allah, the Satan says: You have found a place to spend the night, and when he does not mention the name of Allah while eating food, he (the Satan) says: You have found a place to spend the night and evening meal.
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وحَدَّثَنِيهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، يَقُولُ : إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ ، قَالَ : وَإِنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir bin'Abdullah (RA) through the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
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
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
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
