was eating a meal together with six of his Companions when a Bedouin arrived and finished it off in just two bites. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Had he pronounced the name of Allah, it would have been enough for all of you.” Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who declared it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.

734 – Abū Umāmah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that whenever the Prophet ﷺ removed the food-cloth he would say: “Al-hamdu lillāh—praise be to Allah—abundant, pure and blessed praise, a praise that we can neither dispense with nor do without, our Lord.” Reported by al-Bukhārī.

735 – Muʿādh ibn Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared: “Whoever eats food and then says, ‘Al-hamdu lillāh alladhī aṭʿamanī hādhā wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah (praise be to Allah who fed me this and provided it for me without any power or might on my part),’ all his past sins are forgiven.” Reported by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhi, who graded it ḥasan.

[Commentary]
These ḥadīths are cited by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) in the Book of the Etiquette of Eating. They point to several rulings, among them: if a person fails to mention the name of Allah over his food, Satan eats along with him, as is clear from the report of Umayyah ibn Makhshī in which a man began to eat without saying the basmalah, and when