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Invocations before eating
When anyone of you begins eating, say:
Bismillaah.
With the Name of Allah.
And if you forget then, when you remember, say:
Bismillaahifee 'awwalihi wa 'aakhirihi.
With the Name of Allah, in the beginning and in the end.
Reference: Abu Dawud 3/347, At-Tirmithi 4/288. See Al- Albani's Sahih At-Tirmithi 2/167.
Whomever Allah has given food, should say:
Allaahumma baarik lanaafeehi wa 'at'imnaa khayranminhu.
O Allah, bless us in it and provide us with better than it.
Whomever Allah has given milk to drink, should say :
Allaahumma baarik lanaa feehi wa zidnaa minhu.
O Allah , bless us in it and give us more of it.
Invocations after eating
Alhamdu lillaahil-lathee 'at'amanee haathaa, wa razaqaneehi, min ghayri hawlin minnee wa laa quwwatin.
Praise is to Allah Who has given me this food and sustained me with it though I was unable to doit and powerless.
Reference: At-Tirmithi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/159.
Alhamdu lillaahi hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan feehi, ghayra [makfiyyin wa laa] muwadda'in, wa laa mustaghnan 'anhu Rabbanaa.
All praise is to Allah, praise in abundance, good and blessed . It cannot [be compensated for, nor can it] be left, nor can it be done without , our Lord.
Reference:Al-Bukhari 6/214, At-Tirmithi 5/507.
Reference: At-Tirmithi 5/506. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/158.
