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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  


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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  

ibnmajah:3264Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Budayl b. Maysarah > 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).’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنِ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيِّ عَنْ بُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ طَعَامًا فِي سِتَّةِ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَأَكَلَهُ بِلُقْمَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَا أَنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ لَكَفَاكُمْ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يَقُولَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ  

ahmad:26292ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Hishām / Ibn Abū ʿAbdullāh > Budayl > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > Āmraʾah Minhum Yuqāl Lahā Um Kulthūm > 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:٢٦٢٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ حَدَّثَتْهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ طَعَامًا فِي سِتَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ جَائِعٌ فَأَكَلَهُ بِلُقْمَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ ﷻ كَفَاكُمْ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَذْكُرْ اسْمَاللهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ اسْمَ اللهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرِهِ  

ahmad:25106Yazīd > 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)   

أحمد:٢٥١٠٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ 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 كَانَ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ لَكَفَاكُمْ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَذْكُرْ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اسْمَ اللهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ  

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  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ مُوسَى الْجُهَنِيُّ

ibnhibban:5214Aḥmad b. Khalaf b. ʿAbdullāh al-Samarqandī > ʿĪsá b. Aḥmad > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > 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)   

ابن حبّان:٥٢١٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَلَفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّمَرْقَنْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ طَعَامًا فِي سِتَّةِ نَفَرٍ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَأَكَلَهُ بِلُقْمَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ سَمَّى بِاللَّهِ لَكَفَاكُمْ فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فَي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ»  

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
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السيوطي:٦٧٣-٦٢١b

"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأكُل الطَّعَامَ فِي سِتَّة رَهْطٍ إِذْ دَخَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَأَكَلَ مَا بَيْنَ أيديهم بِلُقْمَتَيْن فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : لَوْ كَانَ ذكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ لَكَفَاهُم، فَإِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَذكُر الله - تَعَالَى- فَإِنْ نَسى ثُم ذكَرَ فَلْيَقُلْ: بِسْم الله أَوَّله وآخره".  

ابن النجار