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Bismillah!. الرَّحِيم الرَّحمَن اللَّهِ بِسمَ Every good action or deed should be started with
reciting Bismillah Below are quoted some Authentic Traditions of the
Prophet Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) regarding Bismillah - In the name
of Allah: Saying Bismillah Is Recommended Before Eating: The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, "Say Bismillah, eat with your right hand and
eat what is in front of you." [Bukhari 7/88, Muslim 2/207, Ahmad 17/92, Muwatta
Malik 10/32 and Ibn Majah 1/557] When
Drinking Water: Ibn Abbas (radiAllahu anhu) reported that the
Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, "Do not drink in one gulp like a camel, but in
two or three [Gulps]. Mention the Name of Allah when you start drinking and
praise Him after you have finished [Drinking].'' [Fath al-Bari 12/197 and Al-Trimidhi] At
The Beginning of Ablution: The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, "Make Wudu [Ablution] in the name of
Allah" [An-Nasai 1/11 and Ibn Khuzaimah 1/84] Before Having S-xual Intercourse with one's wife: The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, "If anyone of you, when having sexual
intercourse with his wife, says: In the name of Allah. O Allah! Protect us from
Satan and also protect what you grant us [i.e. Coming offspring] from Satan and
if it is destined that they should have a child, then Satan willnever be able
to harm him." [Sahih Bukhari 7/94
and Sahih Muslim 2/1058] When
Entering The House: Jabir (radiAllahu anhu) said: I heard the Messenger
of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) saying, "If a person mentions the Name of Allah upon
entering his house or eating, Satan says, addressing his followers: `You will
find no where to spend the night and no dinner.' But if he enters without
mentioning the Name of Allah, Satan says [To his followers]; 'You have found [A
place] to spend the night in, and if he does not mention the Name of Allah at
the time of eating, Satan says: `You have found [A place] to spend the night in
as well as food." [Sahih Muslim 2/206] When
Leaving The House: The Messenger Of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
said, "If anyone of you when leaving the house says
In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah, there is no power and might except from
Allah. Your needs shall be fulfilled, you shall be saved from difficulties and
hardships. Shaitaan hearing these words leaves him." [Al-Trimidhi 2/493] When
Slaughtering An Animal: Anas (radiAllahu anhu) reported that Allah's
Messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) sacrificed two horned rams of white color
with black markings over them. He also stated: I saw him sacrificing them with his own hand and saw
him placing his foot on their sides, and recited in the name of Allah and
Glorified Him [Bismillah Allahu Akbar] [Sahih al-Bukhari 7/133, Muslim 2/181, Abu Dawud
3/230, An-Nasai 7/231, Al-Trimidhi 5/76, Ibn Majah 2120] When
Fighting For The Cause Of Allah: The Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
said, "Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of
Allah" [Sahih Muslim 2/69] Recommended Because It Causes Humiliation To The
Shaitan: Abul Malih (radiAllahu anhu) said: I was riding on a
mount behind the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam). It stumbled. Thereupon I
said: May the devil perish! He said: Do not say: May the devil perish! For if you say
that, he will swell so much so that he will be like a house, and say: By my
power. But say Bismillah for when you say that, he will diminish so much so
that he will be like a fly. [An-Nasai 6/142, Ahmad 5/59 and Abu Dawud 4946] Recommended When Night Falls: Allah's Apostle (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, "When night falls stop your children from going
out, for the devils spread out at that time. But when an hour of the night has
passed, release them and close the doors and mention Allah's Name, for Satan
does not open a closed door. Tie the mouth of your water-skin and mention
Allah's Name; cover your containers and utensils and mention Allah's Name.
Cover them even by placing something across it, and extinguish your lamps.
" [Sahih al-Bukhari 7/527 and Abu Dawud 3722] When Placing The Body Of The Deceased In The Grave: The Prophet of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
said, "When you are lowering the deceased in the
grave you should say In the name of Allah and in accordance to the Sunnah of
the Messenger of Allah." [Ahmad 8/58 and Al-Hakim 1/366] The Virtues Of Saying Bismillah: Uthman bin Abu al-As Al-Thaqafi (radiAllahu anhu)
reported that he made a complaint of pain to Allah's Messenger (salAllahu
alayhi wasalam) that he felt in his body at the time he had become Muslim.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: Place your hand at the place where you feel pain in
your body and say in the name of Allah three times and seven times I seek
refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evil that I find and that I fear.
[Muslim 2/280] When Writing A Letter Bismillah Should Also Be
Written: Abu Sufyan (radiAllahu anhu) said that the contents
of the letter were as follows: "In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the
Most Merciful, [This letter is] from Muhammad the slave of Allah and His
Apostle to Heraclius the ruler of Byzantine. Peace be upon him, who follows the
right path. Furthermore I invite you to Islam, and if you become a Muslim you
will be safe, and Allah will double your reward, and if you reject this invitation
of Islam you will be committing a sin by misguiding your peasants."
[Bukhari 4/191, Muslim 2/91, Al-Trimidhi 7/500] [Queen Sheba] said O chief!
Surely an honorable letter has been delivered to me Surely it is from Sulaiman,
and surely it is in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful;
[Al-Quran, Surah Al-Naml, Ayahs 29-30] http://abdurrahman.org/zikr/virtuesBismillah.html |
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