Aslam

Praise be to Allah.

The wording of the

hadeeth is: It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed (may Allah be pleased with him)

said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ate or

drank something, he would say, “Al-hamdu Lillah illathi at’amana wa saqana

wa ja’alana Muslimeen (Praise be to Allah Who has given us food and drink

and made us Muslims).”

Narrated by Abu

Dawood, 3850; al-Tirmithi, 3457.

Shaykh al-‘Albani

said in his commentary on al-Kalim al-Tayyib (189) by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn

Taymiyah:

Its isnad (chain

of narration) is da’eef, because the narrators were confused about it, as

explained by al-Hafiz in al-Tahtheeb; and by al-Hafiz al-Mazzi before him in

Tuhfat al-Ashraf, 3/353-354; and by Imam al-Bukhari before them in

al-Tareekh al-Kabeer, 1/1/353-354; and by al-Nasai in al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah,

288-290. And al-Tirmithi, despite his well-known lenience, did not class it

as hasan (sound),

There are similar

ahadeeth (narrations) which are proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings

of Allah be upon him) concerning this matter, such as the following:

-         It was

narrated from Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the

Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had finished eating – and

one time he said, When the table was cleared – he would say, “Al-hamdu

Lillaah illadhi kafana wa arwana ghayra makfiyyin wa la makfoor (Praise be

to Allah Who has satisfied our needs and quenched our thirst. Your favour

cannot be compensated or denied).” And on one occasion he said, “Al-hamdu

Lillahi rabbina ghayr mukfiyyin wa la muwadda’in wa la mustaghna rabbana

(Praise be to Allah our Lord. Your favour cannot be compensated, nor can be

left, nor can be dispensed with, O our Lord).” Narrated by al-Bukhari, 5459.

-         It was

narrated that Abu Ayyoob al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ate

or drank something, he would say, “Al-hamdu Lillah illathi at’ama wa saqa wa

sawwaghahu wa ja’ala lahu makhrajan (Praise be to Allah Who has given food

and drink, made it easy to swallow and has made a way out for it).”

Narrated by Abu

Dawood (3851) and classed as saheeh (authentic) by al-Albani in al-Saheehah

(2061).

And Allah knows

best.