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# When forgetting to say Bismillah before eating

> بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ

## Transliteration

Bismillahi awwalahu wa akhirah

## English meaning

In the name of Allah, at its beginning and at its end.

## When is it recited?

Recited when one remembers after starting to eat without saying Bismillah.

Source: Abu Dawud, At'ima 15, 3767; Tirmidhi, At'ima 47, 1858

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