Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: Mentioning the name of Allah and Tahmid (All Praise Belongs to Allah) over the Food أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَ٠َرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْغَدَاءُ وَ الْعَشَاءُ فَقُلْ بِسْ٠ِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ اخْرُجُوا فَلَيْسَ هَاهُنَا عَشَاءٌ وَ لَا ٠َبِيتٌ وَ إِذَا نَسِيَ أَنْ يُسَ٠ِّيَ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ تَعَالَوْا فَإِنَّ لَكُ٠ْ هَاهُنَا عَشَاءً وَ ٠4.

Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from abu Jamilah from Muhammad ibn Marwan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When food for lunch or dinner is made ready, say, ‘In the name of Allah,’ because Satan, may Allah condemn him says to his friends, ‘Go out there is no dinner here or a place to spend the night.’ When one forgets saying, ‘In the name of Allah’, Satan says to his friends, ‘Come; there is dinner and a place here for you to spend the night.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/107))