Bismillah
بِسْمِ اللهِ
Meaning:
‘In the name of Allah’
(Book: Bukhari 5376, 5378)
If one forgets to mention ‘bismillah’ before eating, he should recite the following dua,
Bismillahi fee avvalihi wa a’kirihi
بِسْمِ اللهِ فِيْ أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ
Meaning:
In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it
(Book: Tirmidhi 1781)
After eating or drinking:
Al hamdulillahi katheeran thaiyiban mubarakan feehi ghaira makfiyyin wala muwatha’in
wala mustha’a nan anhu rabbana.
اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيْهِ غَيْرَ مَكْفِيّ وَلاَ مُوَدَّعٍ وَلاَ مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ رَبَّنَ
Meaning:
Praise be to Allah Who has satisfied our needs and quenched our thirst. O our Lord! Your favor cannot be
compensated, nor can be left, nor can be dispensed
with, O our Lord!
(Book: Bukhari 5458)
OR
Alhamdhu lilla hilldhzee kafana wa arwana gaira makfiyyin wala makfoor
اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِيْ كَفَانَا وَأَرْوَانَا غَيْرَ مَكْفِيٍّ وَلاَ مَكْفُورٍ
Meaning:
Praise be to Allah Who has satisfied our needs and quenched our thirst. Your favor cannot be
compensated or denied.
(Book: Bukhari 5459)
OR
‘Alhamdu lillah’
اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِيْ كَفَانَا وَأَرْوَانَا غَيْرَ مَكْفِيٍّ وَلاَ مَكْفُورٍ
Meaning:
Praise be to Allah.
(Book: Muslim 4915)