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The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, always said: "Bismillah" before he partook of his food. One day as he and his companions were eating a hungry man joined them and forgot to say Bismillah, as he was about to take the last bite he remembered and said: "Bismillah in its beginning at end", whereupon the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, informed that until that point satan, the stoned and cursed, had been eating with him, but when he heard him say this he vomited all that he had eaten.
One day Omar, Abi Salamah's son entered while food was being served. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, invited him to sit down and told him: "O my son, come near and recite Bismillah and eat with your right hand from the portion which is in front of you." He also told his companions to use their right hand alone to eat and drink with as satan eats and drinks with his left hand.
After he finished eating he would thank Allah saying: "Praise be to Allah who fed us, and given us drink, and made us Muslims."
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