yulīka" (that which is directly in front of you). Agreed upon (26). From Ibn ʿUmar, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: "If one of you eats, let him eat with his right hand, for the Shayṭān eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand." Narrated by Muslim (27). From ʿĀʾishah, that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "If one of you eats, let him mention the name of Allah. If he forgets to mention the name of Allah at the beginning, let him say: 'Bismillāhi awwalahu wa ākhirahu' (In the name of Allah at its beginning and its end)." The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was sitting while a man was eating, and he did not mention [the name of Allah] until only one morsel of his food remained. When he raised it to his mouth, he said: "Bismillāhi awwalahu wa ākhirahu." The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) laughed and then said (28): "The Shayṭān continued to eat with him, but when he mentioned the name (29) of Allah, he vomited what was in his belly." These were narrated by Abū Dāwūd (30). And from ʿIkrāsh ibn Dhuʾayb who said: There was brought...
(26) Recorded by al-Bukhārī, in: The Chapter on mentioning the name of Allah over food and eating with the right hand, from the Book of Food. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7/88. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on the etiquettes of food and drink and their rulings, from the Book of Drinks. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3/1599. It was also recorded by Abū Dāwūd, in: The Chapter on eating with the right hand, from the Book of Food. Sunan Abū Dāwūd 2/314. And al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter on what is narrated regarding mentioning the name of Allah over food, from the Chapters of Food. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 8/46. And Ibn Mājah, in: The Chapter on mentioning the name of Allah at food, and the Chapter on eating with the right hand, from the Book of Food. Sunan Ibn Mājah 2/1087. And al-Dārimī, in: The Chapter on mentioning the name of Allah over food, from the Book of Food. Sunan al-Dārimī 2/94. And Imām Mālik, in: The Chapter on the collection of what is narrated regarding food and drink, from the Book of the Description of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ 2/934. And Imām Aḥmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/26, 27. (27) In: The Chapter on the etiquettes of food and drink and their rulings, from the Book of Drinks. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3/1598. It was also recorded by Abū Dāwūd, in: The Chapter on eating with the right hand, from the Book of Food. Sunan Abū Dāwūd 2/314. And al-Dārimī, in: The Chapter on eating with the right hand, from the Book of Food. Sunan al-Dārimī 2/97. And Imām Mālik, in: The Chapter on the prohibition of eating with the left, from the Book of the Description of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ 2/923. And Imām Aḥmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/8, 33, 106, 128, 135, 146. (28) In B and M: "wa-qāla" (and he said). (29) Omitted from A, B, and M. (30) The first [hadith] was previously cited regarding its verification under Abū Dāwūd, in the discussion of its verification under Muslim. The second and third were recorded by Abū Dāwūd, in: The Chapter on mentioning the name of Allah over food, from the Book of Food. Sunan Abū Dāwūd 2/312, 313. The second was also recorded by al-Tirmidhī, in: The Chapter on what is narrated regarding mentioning the name of Allah over food, from the Chapters of Food. ʿĀriḍat al-Aḥwadhī 8/46. And Ibn Mājah, in: The Book of mentioning the name of Allah at food, from the Book of Food. Sunan Ibn Mājah 2/1087. And al-Dārimī, in: The Chapter on mentioning the name of Allah over food, from the Book of Food. Sunan al-Dārimī 2/94. And Imām Aḥmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/143, 208, 246, 265.
