Food & Drink

The adhkar for food and drink are said before and after eating, including the guest’s prayer and the supplication for breaking the fast. Tap the counter each time you recite a remembrance.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
Pronunciation & translation
Bismillāh.
In the name of Allah. (Before eating)
Translation: this site (not from a published source)
If one forgets at the start, he says: “Bismillah awwalahu wa akhirah”.
Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ
Pronunciation & translation
Bismillāhi awwalahu wa ākhirah.
In the name of Allah at its beginning and at its end. (If you forgot to say Bismillah at the start.)
Translation: this site (not from a published source)
Said by one who forgot the basmala at the start of the meal.
Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ
Pronunciation & translation
Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī aṭ'amanī hādhā wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.
All praise is for Allah who fed me this and provided it for me, without any power or strength from me.
Whoever says it after eating, his past sins are forgiven.
Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ، غَيْرَ مَكْفِيٍّ وَلَا مُوَدَّعٍ وَلَا مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ رَبَّنَا
Pronunciation & translation
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi ḥamdan kathīran ṭayyiban mubārakan fīh, ghayra makfiyyin wa lā muwadda'in wa lā mustaghnan 'anhu rabbanā.
All praise is for Allah — abundant, pure and blessed praise — a praise that is never enough, never abandoned and never done without, our Lord.
The Prophet ﷺ said it when the meal was cleared.
Al-Bukhari
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ
Pronunciation & translation
Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi wa zidnā minh.
O Allah, bless us in it and give us more of it. (When drinking milk)
Translation: this site (not from a published source)
Whoever Allah feeds a food says “bless us in it and feed us better”; and for milk he says this.
At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيمَا رَزَقْتَهُمْ، وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَارْحَمْهُمْ
Pronunciation & translation
Allāhumma bārik lahum fīmā razaqtahum, waghfir lahum warḥamhum.
O Allah, bless them in what You have provided for them, forgive them and have mercy on them. (A guest’s prayer for the host)
Translation: this site (not from a published source)
The guest’s supplication for the host.
Muslim
ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الْأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Pronunciation & translation
Dhahabaẓ-ẓama'u wabtallatil-'urūqu wa thabatal-ajru in shā' Allāh.
The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills. (At breaking the fast)
Translation: this site (not from a published source)
The Prophet ﷺ said this when he broke his fast.
Abu Dawud

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