Weak hadīth: saying Bismillah wa barakatillah before eating

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Abū al-‘Abbās Qāsim ibn al-Qāsim al-Sayyārī informed us in Marw, Abū al-Muwajjih [informed] us, ‘Abdān [informed] us, al-Fadl ibn Mūsā [informed] us, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Kaysān narrated to us, ‘Ikrimah narrated to us, from Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with them both) that:

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَتَوْا بَيْتَ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، فَلَمَّا أَكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ : خُبْرُ وَلَحْمٌ وَتَمْرٌ وَكِسَرٌ وَرُطَبٌ، إِذَا أَصَبْتُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا فَضَرَبْتُمْ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ فَكُلُوا بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ

The Prophet (ﷺ) and Abū Bakr and ‘Umar (may Allāh be pleased with them both) came to the house of Abū Ayyūb. When they ate and were satisfied, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Bread and meat and dates and pieces [of food/bread] and fresh dates. When you obtain the like of this and you strike with your hands [to partake], then eat in the name of Allāh (bismillah) and with the blessing of Allāh (wa-barakatillah).” (al-Mustadrak of al-Hākim #7261 and a different version in #7357. Mu’jam al-Saghīr of al-Tabarānī #185)

Declared weak by Al-Albānī in Da’īf al-Targhīb #1303, and Ta’liqāt al-Hisān #5193.

Abd Allāh ibn Kaysān: Al-Bukhārī said about him in al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr 5/178 (561): “Rejected/objectionable (munkar), not from the people of hadīth.”

Abū Hātim said about him in al-Jarh wa al-Ta’dīl 5/143: “Weak in hadīth.”

Al-Nasā’ī said about him in al-Du’afā 329: “He is not strong.”

Ibn ‘Adīy said about him in al-Kāmil 5/385: “And ‘Abd Allāh ibn Kaysān has from ‘Ikrimah from Ibn ‘Abbās – hadīths other than what I have dictated that are not preserved…”.

In al-Iktifā 2/187 it’s mentioned: “Al-‘Uqaylī said: “In his hadīth there are many errors.” Ibn al-Jārūd mentioned him among the weak [narrators].”

In Qānūn al-Du’afā pg. 273, it’s mentioned: “(‘Abd Allāh ibn Kaysān is) matrūk (abandoned).”

Published by أبو زكريا عيسى الألباني

BSc (Hons) Microbiology | Qur'ān | Sunnah |

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