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Sunan Abi Dawud 3768 (Book 28, Hadith 33) #24058
The Power of Mentioning Allah's Name Before Eating

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of mentioning Allah's name before eating and how it can protect us from the devil.

Narrated Umayyah ibn Makhshi: Umayyah was sitting and a man was eating. He did not mention Allah's name until there remained the last morsel. When he raised it to his mouth, he said: In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it. The Prophet laughed and said: The devil kept eating along with him, but when he mentioned Allah's name, he vomited what was in his belly. Abu Dawud: Jabir bin Subh is grandfather of Sulaiman bin Harb from his mother's side.
حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ - حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ صُبْحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ مَخْشِيٍّ - وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ جَالِسًا وَرَجُلٌ يَأْكُلُ فَلَمْ يُسَمِّ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ إِلاَّ لُقْمَةٌ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَهَا إِلَى فِيهِ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَا زَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْكُلُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اسْتَقَاءَ مَا فِي بَطْنِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ جَابِرُ بْنُ صُبْحٍ جَدُّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّهِ

TOPICS
eating  *  mentioning  *  devil  *  taaam  *  dhikr  *  ismallah  *  shaytan

QUICK LESSONS:
Remember to mention Allah's Name before you eat or do anything else in your life

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith tells us about the importance of mentioning Allah’s name before we eat. It was narrated by Umayyah ibn Makhshi that he was sitting with a man who was eating but did not mention Allah’s name until there remained only one morsel. When he raised it to his mouth, he said “In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it”. The Prophet laughed and said that when this man mentioned God’s name, whatever food that was in his stomach which had been eaten by Satan vomited out. This teaches us that when we remember to mention God’s name before we eat or do anything else in our lives, then Satan will be unable to harm us or take away any blessings from us. We should always remember to thank God for all His blessings and ask Him for protection against evil forces like Satan so that He can keep blessing us with His mercy and grace throughout our lives.

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