On the authority of Abū Saʿīd, he said: When the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) ate food, he would say: "Praise be to Allah, who has fed us, given us drink, and made us Muslims." Narrated by Abū Dāwūd (45). On the authority of Abū Umāmah, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), that he used to say when his food was lifted: "Praise be to Allah, abundantly, with blessings in it, neither sufficient, nor abandoned, nor independent of, O our Lord." On the authority of Muʿādh ibn Anas al-Juhanī, from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: "Whoever eats food and says: 'Praise be to Allah who fed me this and provided it for me, without any might or power from me,' will have his past sins forgiven." These were narrated by Ibn Mājah (46). It is narrated that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) ate food, he and Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, then he said: "Whoever says at the beginning of it: 'In the name of Allah, and the blessing of Allah,' and at the end of it: 'Praise be to Allah, who fed, quenched, favored, and excelled,' has indeed fulfilled its gratitude (47)." It is recommended to supplicate for the host of the food, based on what Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated, who said: Abū al-Haytham made food for the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and his companions, and he invited the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and his companions. When they finished, he said: "Reward your companion." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is his reward?" He said: "When a man enters his house, his food is eaten, and his drink is drunk, then they pray for him; that is his reward." On the authority of Anas, that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) came to Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah, he said: So he brought bread and oil, and he ate. Then the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "The fasting have broken their fast with you (48), the righteous have eaten your food, and the angels have prayed for you."
(45) In: The Chapter on what a man says when he has eaten, from the Book of Food. Sunan Abū Dāwūd 2/339. It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter on what one says when finished with food, from the Chapters of Supplications. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 13/12. (46) The documentation of the first hadith has preceded, with Abū Dāwūd and others. All three were recorded by Ibn Mājah, in: The Chapter on what is said when finished with food, from the Book of Food. Sunan Ibn Mājah 2/1092, 1093. The second was also recorded by al-Bukhārī, in: The Chapter on what one says when finished with his food, from the Book of Food. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7/106. Abū Dāwūd, in: The Chapter on what a man says when he has eaten, from the Book of Food. Sunan Abū Dāwūd 2/329. Al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter on what one says when finished with food, from the Chapters of Supplication. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 13/12. And al-Dārimī, in: The Chapter on supplication after finishing food, from the Book of Food. Sunan al-Dārimī 2/95. The third was also recorded by Abū Dāwūd, in: The Chapter of the beginning of the Book of Clothing, from the Book of Clothing. Sunan Abū Dāwūd 2/365. Al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter on what one says when finished with food, from the Chapters of Supplications. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 13/12. Imām Aḥmad, in: Al-Musnad 3/439. (47) We did not find it. (48) In A, B, and M: "with you (singular)".
