Food and drink · Daily
Say Alhamdulillah after you eat or drink
- The practice
- When you finish a meal or a drink, say Alhamdulillah.
- When
- Finishing a meal or a drink
- In daily life
- Say it as you put down your fork or your empty glass: after a big family dinner, a coffee at your desk, a glass of water after a run. The small drinks count too, and they're what make it a habit.
The source
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ، مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَرْضَى عَنِ الْعَبْدِ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الأَكْلَةَ فَيَحْمَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا أَوْ يَشْرَبَ الشَّرْبَةَ فَيَحْمَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا " .
“Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said:Allah is pleased with His servant who says: Al-Hamdu lillah while taking a morsel of food and while drinking”Narrated by Anas ibn MalikSahih Muslim 2734a
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-muslim · Translation: Abdul Hamid Siddiqui (eng-muslim), from the eng-muslim edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.