5 Best Dua After Eating in Arabic, English and Hadith

Our Prophet, peace be upon him, taught us many etiquettes in our daily lives, including dua for entering and leaving the house, before sleeping, and others. And one of them is dua after eating food. Here is the full dua in Arabic and English.

1. Dua After Eating in Arabic

Narrated Abu Umama: Whenever the dining sheet of the Prophet (ﷺ) was taken away (i.e., whenever he finished his meal), he used to say:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ، غَيْرَ مَكْفِيٍّ، وَلاَ مُوَدَّعٍ وَلاَ مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ، رَبَّنَا

Dua After Eating Transliteration

Al-hamdu li l-lah kathiran taiyiban mubarakan fihi ghaira makfiy wala muWada` wala mustaghna’anhu Rabbana.

Dua After Eating in English

Praise be to Allah, much good and blessed praise. O our Lord, You are not in need of anyone, and we cannot do without Your favour nor dispense with it.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5458

2. Dua

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلاَ قُوَّةٍ

Transliteration: Al-hamdu Lillahi alladhi at’amani hadha wa razaqnihi min ghayri hawlin minni wa la quwwah.

Meaning: Praise be to Allah Who has fed me this and provided me with it with no power or strength on my part.

Dua After Eating Hadith

Mu’adh ibn Anas narrated that his father said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever eats some food then says,

‘Al-hamdu Lillahi alladhi at’amani hadha wa razaqnihi min ghayri hawlin minni wa la quwwah (Praise be to Allah Who has fed me this and provided me with it with no power or strength on my part),’ his previous sins will be forgiven.”

(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3458).

3. Dua

Abu Ayyub 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 anything, he would say,

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَ وَسَقَى وَسَوَّغَهُ وَجَعَلَ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا

Transliteration: Al-hamdu Lillah alladhi at’ama wa saqa wa sawwaghahu wa ja’ala lahu makhrajan.

Meaning: Praise be to Allah Who has given food and drink,made it easy to swallow and provided an exit for it.

(Narrated by Abu Dawud, 3851).

4. Dua

Abd al-Rahman ibn Jubayr narrated that a man who served the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for eight years told him that he used to hear the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saying, when food was brought near him, “Bismillah .”

And when he had finished eating he would say,

اللهُمَّ أَطْعَمْتَ وَأَسْقَيْتَ، وَأَغْنَيْتَ ‌وَأَقْنَيْتَ، وَهَدَيْتَ وَأَحْيَيْتَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَعْطَيْتَ

Transliteration: Allahumma at’amta wa asqayta wa hadayta wa ahyayta, fa laka’l-hamd ‘ala ma a’tayta.

Meaning: O Allah, You have fed, given to drink, guided and brought to life, so praise be to You for what You have given.

(Narrated by Ahmad, 16159p)

5. Dua

Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever is fed by Allah, let him say,

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ وَأَطْعِمْنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ

Transliteration: Allahumma barik lana fihi, wa at’imna khayran minhu.

Meaning: O Allah, bless it for us and feed us with better than it.

(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3455)

Note: it is mustahabb to use all the words of praise that have been narrated to be said after finishing eating. So you can say one du’aa’ on one occasion, another du’a on another occasion, and so on, so that you will have followed the Sunnah in all ways and attain the blessing of these du’as, as well as feeling the meanings of these words in your heart when you say them on various occasions, because if you get used to saying a particular du’aa’ all the time, you think less about its meaning, because you have said it so often.

Etiquette For Eating in Islam

In Islam, there is an etiquette for eating, which is divided into categories:

Etiquette Before Eating

Washing the hands before eating. The hands should be washed before eating, so that they may be clean when a person eats with them, and so that he will not be harmed by any dirt that may be on them.

Part of the etiquette of eating is to ask about the food if you are a guest and you do not know what it is (i.e., what type of food it is), and you are not sure about what has been offered to you. (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 5391; Muslim, 1946)

Hastening to eat when food is brought by the host. Part of honouring one’s guest is to hasten to offer him something, and part of the guest’s honouring the host is to hasten to accept his food and eat from it.

If the host sees the guest not eating, he may think badly of him. So the guest has to reassure his hosts by hastening to eat his food, because that will reassure him.

Mentioning the name of Allah before eating. It is obligatory to mention the name of Allah before eating. What is meant by that is saying “Bismillah (in the name of Allah)” when starting to eat.

It was narrated from Umm Kalthum from ‘Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “When any one of you eats, let him mention the name of Allah.

If he forgets to mention the name of Allah at the beginning, then let him say ‘Bismillahi awwalahu wa akhirahu (In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end).’” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi 1858)

Etiquette while eating

Eating with the right hand. It is obligatory for the Muslim to eat with his right hand; he should not eat with his left hand. (Narrated by Muslim, 2020)

This applies so long as there is no excuse; if a person has an excuse for not eating and drinking with his right hand, such as sickness or injury etc., then there is nothing wrong with eating with his left hand.

Eating from what is directly in front of one. It is Sunnah for a person to eat from the food that is directly in front of him, and not reach out to take food that is directly in front of others, or from the middle of the platter, (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 3576; Muslim, 2022)

Washing the hands after eating. The Sunnah may be done by washing with water only. So washing the hands is mustahabb both before and after eating, even if a person has wudu.

Rinsing the mouth after eating. It is mustahabb to rinse the mouth after eating, (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 5390)

Eating with three fingers. The Sunnah is to eat with three fingers.This applies if a person is eating with his hand. But there is nothing wrong with using a spoon etc.

Eating a piece of food that falls on the floor. If a piece of food falls on the floor, then the person eating should remove any dirt that gets onto it and eat it; he should not leave it for the Shaytan, because he does not know where the blessing is in his food; it may be in the piece that fell, and leaving it makes a person miss out on the blessing of the food (Narrated by Muslim, 2034)

Not spitting or blowing one’s nose whilst eating, unless that is necessary.