When you are about to eat, you should say:
Chapter
Supplication before eating
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بِسْمِ الله .
Bismil-lah. …and if you forget to say it before starting, then you should say (when you remember):
When to recite
Before beginning to eat.
بِسْمِ اللهِ في أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِـرِه .
Bismil-lahi fee awwalihi wa-akhirih.
Translation
In the name of Allah in it’s beginning and end.
When to recite
During the meal, if one forgot to say Bismillah at the start.
Whomever Allah feeds, should say:
اللّهُـمَّ بارِكْ لَنا فيهِ وَأَطْـعِمْنا خَـيْراً مِنْـه.
Allahumma barik lana feehi wa-atAAimna khayran minh.
Translation
O Allah, bless it for us and feed us better than it.
When to recite
When given food or drink.
And whomever Allah gives milk to drink should say:
اللّهُـمَّ بارِكْ لَنا فيهِ وَزِدْنا مِنْه.
Allahumma barik lana feehi wazidna minh.
Translation
O Allah, bless it for usand give us more of it.
When to recite
When given milk to drink.