Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: Mentioning the name of Allah and Tahmid (All Praise Belongs to Allah) over the Food َّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ ٠َعٍ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ ٠ِنْ أَذَى الطَّعَا٠ِ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) إِذَا أَكَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَ٠ِّ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي لَأُسَ٠ِّي وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَضُرُّنِي فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا قَطَعْتَ التَّسْ٠ِيَةَ بِالْكَلَا٠َّ عُدْتَ إِلَى الطَّعَا٠ِّي قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَ٠ِنْ هَاهُنَا يَضُرُّكَ أَ٠َا لَوْ أَنَّكَ إِذَا عُدْتَ إِلَى الطَّعَا٠19.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from abu ‘ Abd Allah, al-Barqiy from abu Talib from Misma‘ who has said the following: “I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the trouble I face from food.

He (the Imam) said, ‘You may have eaten without mentioning the name of Allah.’ I said, ‘I had mentioned the name of Allah but it gives me trouble.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘When you discontinue mentioning the name of Allah by speaking, then return to eat, do you mention the name of Allah?’ I replied, ‘No, I do not do so.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘This is why it gives you trouble.

Were you to return to eating if you mention the name of Allah, it would not harm you.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/110))