Sunan Ibn Majah 3264
Saying bismillah when eating
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حَدَّثَنَا 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
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū 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).’”
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sound | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Sahih Lighairihi | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- أحمد بن أبي بكر بن إسماعيل البوصيري
رجال إسناده ثقات على شرط مسلم إلا أنه منقطع
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3371
Same hadith, other wordings
- Hisnul Muslim 178إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَاماً فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بسمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ
- Jami at-Tirmidzi 1858إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ
Other narrations of this report
Sunan Abi Dawud 3767Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1858bSunan ad-Darimi 2064Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 188Ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah 192
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 112 AH, or 113 AHعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. al-Bukhārī said from ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī: the year 130 AH, al-Dhahabī said, the year: 125 AH, al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar said, the year: 125 AH or 135 AHبُدَيْلِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَثقةعن
- Trustworthy and firmly reliable (thiqah thabt), though he was accused of belief in free will (qadar)d. 151 AH, or 152 AH, or 153 AH, or 154 AHهِشَامٍ الدَّسْتُوَائِيِّثقة ثبت ، وقد رمي بالقدرعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin), devout (ʿābid).d. 206 AH.يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَثقة متقن عابد .حدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AHأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيفحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
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Commentaries
Sharḥ Riyad al-Salihin (Ibn al-ʿUthaymin)
Hāshiyat al-Sindī on Abū Daʿūd
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