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Muslims who believe in the Messiah,
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani(as)
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Umar ibn Abi Salamah relates: I was a boy under the care of the Holy Prophet, and my hand would wander around the bowl when eating. He directed me: Pronounce the name of Allah, eat with thy right hand and from whatever is in front of thee. This became my way of eating thereafter (Bokhari and Muslim).
Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: When any of you begins to eat he should pronounce the name of Allah, the Exalted. If he forgets to do it in the beginning, he should say: In the name of Allah, first and last (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi).
Jabir relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: If a person remembers Allah when he enters his house and when he eats, Satan says to his cronies: You will not find here lodging or food. If he enters without the remembrance of Allah, Satan says: You have secured lodging. Then if he does not remember Allah at the time of eating, Satan says: You have secured both lodging and food (Muslim).
Huzaifah relates: When we were present at a meal with the Holy Prophet, we would not stretch forth our hands towards the food until he had started eating. On one occasion when we were with him a girl rushed in, as if she was famishing, and made for the food, but the Holy Prophet seized her hand. Then a rustic came in as if he was starving and he seized his hand also and said? Satan considers that food lawful for himself in which the name of Allah is not pronounced. He brought this girl to make it lawful through her, but I seized her hand. Then he brought this rustic to make it lawful through him, but I seized his hand also. Now by Him in Whose hands is my life, I have" Satan’s hand in my grasp also along with their hands. Then he pronounced the name of Allah and began to eat (Muslim).
Umayyah ibn~Makhsi relates that the Holy Prophet was sitting while a man was eating. He did not pronounce the name of Allah till only a mouthful of the food was left. When he raised it to his mouth he said: In the name of Allah, first and last. The Holy Prophet smiled at this and said: Satan continued to eat with him, but when he pronounced the name of Allah, Satan threw out all that he had eaten (Abu Daud and Nisai).
Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet was eating in the company of his companions when a rustic came and ate up the food in two mouthfuls. The Holy Prophet said: If he had pronounced the name of Allah, it would have sufficed for all of you (Tirmidhi).
Abu Umamah relates: When the Holy Prophet finished a meal’ he would say: All praise is due to Allah, praise which is pure, perpetual and full of blessings which is indispensable and to which one cannot be indifferent. O Lord (Bokhari).
Mu’‘az ibn Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who eats a meal and says at the.end: All praise is due to Allah, Who has given me this to eat and provided it for me without any effort on my part or any power; will have all his preceding sins forgiven him (Tirmidhi).
Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet never found fault with food. If he desired it he ate it, and if he disliked it he left it (Bokhari and Muslim).
Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet asked for sauce and was told that there was nothing but vinegar. He called for it and began to eat his food with it exclaiming: What excellent sauce is vinegar; what excellent sauce is vinegar. (Muslim).
