Invocations before eating
When anyone of you
begins eating, say:
بِسْمِ الله
178. Bismillaah.
In the
Name of Allah.
And if you forget
then, when you remember, say:
بِسْمِ اللهِ
في أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِـرِهِ
Bismillaahifee 'awwalihi wa 'aakhirihi.
In the Name of Allah, in the beginning and in the end.
Reference: Abu Dawud
3/347, At-Tirmithi 4/288. See Al- Albani's Sahih At-Tirmithi 2/167.
Whomever Allah has given food, should say:
اللّهُـمَّ
بارِكْ لَنا فيهِ وَأَطْـعِمْنا خَـيْراً مِنْـهُ
179. Allaahumma baarik lanaafeehi wa 'at'imnaa khayranminhu.
O
Allah, bless us in it and provide us with better than it.
Whomever Allah has
given milk to drink, should say:
اللّهُـمَّ
بارِكْ لَنا فيهِ وَزِدْنا مِنْهُ
Allaahumma baarik lanaa feehi wa zidnaa minhu.
O
Allah , bless us in it and give us more of it.
Reference: At-Tirmithi
5/506. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/158.