Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 3767

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدَّسْتَوَائِيَّ - عَنْ بُدَيْلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ، مِنْهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، - رضى الله عنها - أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَإِنْ نَسِيَ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muʾammal ibn Hisham narrated to us: Ismaʿil narrated to us, from Hisham—that is, Ibn Abi ʿAbd Allah al-Dastawaʾi—from Budayl, from ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUbayd, from a woman among them called Umm Kulthum, from ʿAishah, may Allah be pleased with her, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you eats, let him mention the name of Allah, Exalted is He. If he forgets to mention the name of Allah, Exalted is He, at the beginning, let him say: «In the name of Allah at its beginning and its end.»”