حَدَّثَنَا
عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، 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 ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ : إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَأْكُلُ وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْظُرُ ، فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ حَتَّى كَانَ فِي آخِرِ طَعَامِهِ لُقْمَةٌ ، فَقَالَ : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :
" مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى سَمَّى ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ فِي بَطْنِهِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا قَاءَهُ " .
Jabir bin Subh says that Mathna bin Abdur Rahman, whose companionship I had up to Wasit, used to say "Bismillah fi awwalihi wa akhirihi" at the beginning and at the last morsel of food. Once I asked him, "You recite Bismillah at the beginning of the meal, but what is the need to say it at the last morsel?" He replied, "I will tell you the reason for this. I heard my grandfather, Hazrat Umayyah bin Makhshi, who was among the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him), say that once a man was eating food while the Prophet (peace be upon him) was watching him. He did not recite Bismillah. When he reached the last morsel, he remembered that he had not recited Bismillah, so he said, 'Bismillah awwalihi wa akhirihi.' Upon hearing this, the Prophet said, 'Satan kept eating with him, but when he recited Bismillah, Satan vomited out whatever was in his stomach.'"