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abudawud:3767Muʾammal b. Hishām > Ismāʿīl > Hishām / Ibn Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Dastawāʾī > Budayl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd > Āmraʾah Minhum Yuqāl Lahā Um Kulthūm > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When one of you eats, he should mention Allah's name; if he forgets to mention Allah's name at the beginning, he should say: "In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it."  

أبو داود:٣٧٦٧حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدَّسْتَوَائِيَّ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَإِنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:1858Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Abān > Wakīʿ > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Budayl b. Maysarah al-ʿUqaylī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > Um Kulthūm > ʿĀʾishah

From 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you eats food, then let him say: 'Bismillah.' If he forgets in the beginning, then let him say: 'Bismillah Fi Awwalihi Wa Akhirih (In the Name of Allah in its beginning and its end.)"  

الترمذي:١٨٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ  

ahmad:25733Wakīʿ > Hishām Ṣāḥib al-Dastuwāʾī > Budayl b. Maysarah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > Āmraʾah Yuqāl Lahā Um Kulthūm > ʿĀʾishah

From 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you eats food, then let him say: 'Bismillah.' If he forgets in the beginning, then let him say: 'Bismillah Fi Awwalihi Wa Akhirih (In the Name of Allah in its beginning and its end.)" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1858)  

أحمد:٢٥٧٣٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ صَاحِبُ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ امْرَأَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ  

ahmad:26089Rawḥ > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh > Budayl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr al-Laythī > Āmraʾah Minhum Yuqāl Lahā Um Kulthūmʿan ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was eating food with six of his Companions when a Bedouin came and ate it all in two bites. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If he had said Bismillah, it would have sufficed you (all). When any one of you eats food, let him say Bismillah, and if he forgets to say Bismillah at the beginning, let him say Bismillah fi awwalihi wa akhirih (In the Name of Allah at the beginning and at the end).’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3264)   

أحمد:٢٦٠٨٩حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍعَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ فِي سِتَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَائِعٌ فَأَكَلَ بِلُقْمَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ لَكَفَاكُمْ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَذْكُرْ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَ اللهَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ  

darimi:2063Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām > Budayl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was eating food with six of his Companions when a Bedouin came and ate it all in two bites. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If he had said Bismillah, it would have sufficed you (all). When any one of you eats food, let him say Bismillah, and if he forgets to say Bismillah at the beginning, let him say Bismillah fi awwalihi wa akhirih (In the Name of Allah at the beginning and at the end).’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3264)   

الدارمي:٢٠٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ طَعَامًا فِي سِتَّةِ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَأَكَلَهُ بِلُقْمَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ لَكَفَاكُمْ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ  

hakim:7087ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > ʿAlī b. al-Hamdānī > ʿAffān > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Budayl b. Maysarah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > Um Kulthūm > ʿĀʾishah

From 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you eats food, then let him say: 'Bismillah.' If he forgets in the beginning, then let him say: 'Bismillah Fi Awwalihi Wa Akhirih (In the Name of Allah in its beginning and its end.)" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1858)  

الحاكم:٧٠٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ ثَنَا عَفَّانُ ثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح
nasai-kubra:10040ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣabbāḥ b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Hishām Abū Bakr > Budayl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd > Āmraʾah Minhum Tudʿá Um Kulthūm > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat in his house when a hungry Bedouin came and he fed him with two morsels of food. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If he had mentioned the name of Allah, it would have been sufficient for you all. So, when any one of you eats, let him mention the name of Allah. If he forgets to mention the name of Allah in the beginning, let him say, 'In the name of Allah' in the beginning and at the end."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٠٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ هِشَامًا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا بُدَيْلٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ تُدْعَى أُمَّ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَائِعٌ فَأَكَلَهُ بِلُقْمَتَيْنِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ لَكَفَاكُمْ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اسْمَ اللهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِاسْمِ اللهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَفِي آخِرِهِ  

bayhaqi:14608[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Hishām [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad > al-Aṣam > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Maymūnī > Rawḥ > Hishām b. Abū ʿAbdullāh > Budayl al-ʿUqaylī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr al-Laythī > Āmraʾah Minhum Yuqāl Lahā Um Kulthūm > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to eat with six of his companions. Then a hungry Bedouin came and he fed him with two morsels. The Prophet ﷺ said, "If he had mentioned the name of Allah, it would have sufficed you all. So when any of you eats, let him mention the name of Allah. And if he forgets to mention it at the beginning, then let him say 'Bismillah' (in the name of Allah) at the beginning and at the end." This is the wording of the Hadith of Ruwah ibn 'Ubada.  

البيهقي:١٤٦٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ نا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ نا هِشَامٌ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ الْأَصَمُّ نا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْمَيْمُونِيُّ نا رَوْحٌ نا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ الْعُقَيْلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّ

رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ فِي سِتَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَائِعٌ فَأَكَلَهُ بِلُقْمَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ لَكَفَاكُمْ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ رَوْحِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ  

suyuti:1356a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When one of you eats, he should mention Allah's name; if he forgets to mention Allah's name at the beginning, he should say: "In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3767)   

السيوطي:١٣٥٦a

"إذا أكَلَ أحدُكُمْ طَعامًا فليذْكُرْ اسْمَ الله، فإنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يَذْكَر اسْمَ الله في أَوَّلَه فْليقُل: بِسْم الله على أوّلَهِ وآخِرِه" .  

[د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن عائشة
suyuti:4215a

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was eating food with six of his Companions when a Bedouin came and ate it all in two bites. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If he had said Bismillah, it would have sufficed you (all). When any one of you eats food, let him say Bismillah, and if he forgets to say Bismillah at the beginning, let him say Bismillah fi awwalihi wa akhirih (In the Name of Allah at the beginning and at the end).’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3264)   

السيوطي:٤٢١٥a

"أَمَا إنه لو قال: بسم الله لَكَفَاكُمْ؛ فإِذا أَكَل أَحَدُكُم طعامًا فليَقُلْ: بسم اللهِ، فإِن نسى أن يقولَ: بسم الله في أوَّله، فَليَقُلْ بسم اللهِ أولَّهُ وآخرَهُ" .  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن عائشة