Before meals |
Recite: |
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ
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"In the name of Allah and with the blessings of Allah I begin (eating)". (Mustadrak) |
On forgetting to recite Bismillah at the beginning, recite: |
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ
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"In the name of Allah in the beginning and end". |
By not reciting Bismillah, Satan has an opportunity of partake in the food. (Mishkat) |
After Meals |
Recite: |
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَجَعَلَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
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"All praise belongs to Allah, who fed us and quenched our thirst and made us Muslims". |
(Tirmidhi)
Alternate dua |
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ وَأَطْعِمْنَا خَيْرَاً مِنْهُ |
"O Allah, You grant us blessings in it and grant us better than it". (Tirmidhi) |
OR |
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا الطَّعَامَ وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ
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"All Praise belongs to Allah who granted this meal, (which I received) without my power or effort". |
(Mishkat) |
At meal times when visiting someone |
Recite: |
اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَنِي وَاسْقِ مَنْ سَقَانِي
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"O Allah, feed him for he has fed me and quench his thirst for he has quenched my thirst". (Muslim) |
Allah subhan wata'ala knows best.
SUPPLICATIONS Entering / Coming out of the Toilet. In a Difficulty/ Fear/ Emotion/ Anger/ Calamity / Depressed |
