شمائل ترمذي
Shamail Tirmidhi
باب ما جاء فى قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قبل الطعام وبعدما يفرغ منهChapter: What has been reported concerning the saying of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) before and after eating
Saying Bismillah before eating is necessary
Hadith 187
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ رَاشِدِ بْنِ جَنْدَلٍ الْيَافِعِيِّ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا، فَقَرَّبَ طَعَامًا، فَلَمْ أَرَ طَعَامًا كَانَ أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ، أَوَّلَ مَا أَكَلْنَا، وَلَا أَقَلَّ بَرَكَةً فِي آخِرِهِ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَيْفَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: «إِنَّا ذَكَرْنَا اسْمَ اللَّهِ حِينَ أَكَلْنَا، ثُمَّ قَعَدَ مَنْ أَكَلَ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فَأَكَلَ مَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ»
Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one day we were present in the blessed service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when food was presented before him. The blessing at the beginning of the meal was such that I had never seen such blessing in any food before, and the lack of blessing at the end of the meal was also something I had never seen before. We asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is the reason for this? He replied: "When we began eating, we mentioned the blessed name of Allah Almighty. Then a man sat down to eat and he did not mention the pure name of Allah Almighty, so with that person, Satan also ate the food."
