Food, Drink & Fasting

Allāhumma Rabbanā anzil ʿalaynā mā'idatan minas-samā'i takūnu lanā ʿīdan li'awwalinā wa ākhirinā wa āyatan mink, warzuqnā wa Anta khayrur-rāziqīn.

O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table spread from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us, and a sign from You. And provide for us, for You are the best of providers.

Said by Prophet ʿIsa ﷺ

[ Surah Al-Maaida 5:114 ]

Dhahabaẓ-ẓama', wabtallati ‘l-`urūq, wa thabata ‘l-'ajru in shā Allāh.

The thirst is gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills.

[ Abu Dawud 2/306 and others. See also Al- Albani, Sahihul-Jami' As-Saghir 4/209. Hisn al-Muslim 176 ]

Allāhumma innī as'aluka bi raḥmatika ‘l-latī wasi`at kulla shay' an taghfira lī.

O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy, which encompasses all things, that You forgive me.

[ Ibn Majah 1/557 from a supplication of Abdullah bin 'Amr. Al-Hafidh graded it as good in his checking of An-Nawawi's Kitabul-'Athkdr. See Sharhul- Athkar 4/342. Hisn al-Muslim 177 ]

When anyone of you begins eating, say: Bismillāh. And if you forget then when you remember, say: Bismillāhi fī awwalihi wa ākhirih.

When anyone of you begins eating, say: With the Name of Allah. And if you forget then, when you remember, say: With the Name of Allah, in the beginning, and in the end.

[ Abu Dawud 3/347, At-Tirmidhi 4/288. See Al- Albani's Sahih At-Tirmidhi 2/167. Hisn al-Muslim 178 ]

Whomever Allah has given food, should say: Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi, wa aṭ`imnā khayran minh. Whomever Allah has given milk to drink, should say : Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi, wa zidnā minh.

Whomever Allah has given food, should say: O Allah, bless us in it and provide us with better than it. Whomever Allah has given milk to drink, should say : O Allah, bless us in it and give us more of it.

[ At-Tirmidhi 5/506. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/158. Hisn al-Muslim 179 ]

Alhamdu lillāhi ‘l-ladhī aṭ`amanī hādhā, wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.

Praise is to Allah Who has given me this food, and sustained me with it though I was unable to do it and powerless.

[ At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/159. Hisn al-Muslim 180 ]

Alhamdu lillāhi ḥamdan kathīran tayyiban mubārakan fīh, ghayra makfiyyin wa lā muwadda`in, wa lā mustaghnan `anhu Rabbanā.

All praise is to Allah, praise in abundance, good and blessed. It cannot [be compensated for, nor can it] be left, nor can it be done without, our Lord.

[ Al-Bukhari 6/214, At-Tirmidhi 5/507. Hisn al-Muslim 181 ]

Allāhumma bārik lahum fī mā razaqtahum, wagh’fir lahum warḥamhum.

O Allah, bless them in what You have provided for them, and forgive them and have mercy on them.

[ Muslim 3/1615. Hisn al-Muslim 182 ]

Allāhumma aṭ`im man aṭ`amanī wasqi man saqānī.

O Allah, feed the one who has fed me, and give drink to the one who has given me drink.

[ Muslim 3/126. Hisn al-Muslim 183 ]

Afṭara `indakumuṣ-ṣā'imūn, wa akala ṭa`āmakumu ‘l-'abrār, wa ṣallat `alaykumu ‘l-malā'ikah.

With you, those who are fasting have broken their fast, you have fed those who are righteous, and the angels recite their prayers upon you.

[ Abu Dawud 3/367, Ibn Majah 1/556, An-Nasa'i, 'Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylah 296-8. Al-Albani graded it authentic in Sahih Abu Dawud 2/730. Hisn al-Muslim 184 ]

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When you are invited (to eat) then reply to the invitation. If you are fasting then invoke Allah's blessings (on your host), and if you are not fasting then eat.

[ Muslim 2/1054. Hisn al-Muslim 185 ]

Innī ṣā'im, innī ṣā'im.

I am fasting. I am fasting.

[ Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-BAri 4/103, Muslim 2/806. Hisn al-Muslim 186 ]

Allahumma bārik lanā fī thamarinā, wa bārik lanā fī madīnatinā wa bārik lanā fī ṣā`inā, wa bārik lanā fī muddinā.

O Allah, bless us in our dates and bless us in our town, bless us in our Sa' and in our Mudd.

[ Muslim 2/1000 (Sa' and Mudd are both dry measures used for agricultural produce by the Arabs in the Prophet's time. Of the two, the So.' was the larger measure.) (Translator) Hisn al-Muslim 187 ]