Dua Before Eating

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ.
اَللّٰهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيْهِ وَأَطْعِمْنَا خَيْراً مِنْهُ.

Translation :

In the Name of Allah.
O Allah, bless us in it and feed us that which is better than it.

Transliteration :

Bismi-llāh.
Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi wa aṭʿimnā khayran minh.

Hadith:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you eats, he should mention Allah’s name.” (Abū Dāwūd 3767, Tirmidhī 1858)

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When a man enters his house and remembers Allah upon entering and before eating, Shaytān says (to his fellow shaytān): ‘There is no place for you to spend the night and there is no supper for you.’ When he enters the house and does not remember Allah, Shaytān says: ‘You have found a place to spend the night.’ When he does not remember Allah before eating his food, Shaytān says: ‘You have found a place to stay and some supper.’” (Muslim 2018)

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was eating food with six of his Companions when a Bedouin came and ate it all in two bites. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘If he had taken Allāh’s Name (bismillah), it would have sufficed you (all). (Aḥmad 25535)

Ibn Abbās (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhuma) narrated: “I entered with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I and Khālid bin Al-Walid, upon Maimunah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhā) so she brought us a vessel of milk. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drank from it, I was upon his right and Khālid was upon his left, so he said to me: ‘The (turn to) drink is for you, so if you wish, you could choose to grant it to Khalid.’ So I said: ‘I would not prefer anyone other than myself for your leftovers.’ Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever Allah feeds some food, then let him say [the above].’” (Tirmidhī 3455)

If One Forgets at the Beginning:

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ.

Translation :

In the Name of Allah at the beginning and at the end of it.

Transliteration :

Bismi-llāhi awwalahū wa ākhirah.

Hadith:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When one of you eats, he should mention Allah’s name; if he forgets to mention Allah’s name at the beginning, he should say [the above].” (Abu Dawud 3767, Tirmidhī 1858)

Umayyah (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting whilst a man was eating food. That man did not mention the Name of Allah until only a morsel of food was left. When he raised it to his mouth, he said [the above]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled at this and said: “Shaytān had been eating with him but when he mentioned the Name of Allah, Shaytān vomited all that was in his stomach.” (Abū Dāwūd 3768)