[Machine] I read in the Torah that performing ablution before eating brings blessings to the food. So, I mentioned this to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , and he said, "Performing ablution before and after eating brings blessings to the food." Qais ibn al-Rabi' narrated this hadith exclusively from Abu Hashim, and his narration is more likely to be true than to be left out in this book.  

قَرَأْتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الْوضُوءُ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ بَرَكَةُ الطَّعَامِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «الْوضُوءُ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ وَبَعْدَ الطَّعَامِ بَرَكَةُ الطَّعَامِ» تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ وَانْفِرَادُهُ عَلَى عُلُوِّ مَحِلِّهِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْكِنَ تَرْكُهَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ