1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ‏ آَلْبَكَ‏ فَاذْآُرِ‏ اسْمَ‏ االلهِ،‏ وَإِذَا رَمَيْتَ‏ بِسَهْمِكَ‏ فَاذْآُرِ‏ اسْ‏ ‏َم
االله
If you send your hunting dog, mention Allah's
Name over it. If you shoot an arrow, mention
Allah's Name over it.
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas commented,
(but pronounce the Name of Allah وَاذْآُرُواْ‏ اسْمَ‏ اللّهِ‏ عَلَيْهِ‏
over it),
"When you send a beast of prey, say, `In the
Name of Allah!' If you forget, then there is no
harm.''
It was also reported that this Ayah commands
mentioning Allah's Name upon eating. It is recorded in
the Two Sahihs that the Messenger of Allah taught his
stepson Umar bin Abu Salamah saying,
سَم ِّ االلهَ‏ وَآُلْ‏ بِيَمِينِكَ‏ وَآُلْ‏ مِم َّا یَلِيك
Mention Allah's Name, eat with your right hand
and eat from the part of the plate that is in front
of you.
Al-Bukhari recorded that Aishah said,
"They asked, `O Allah's Messenger! Some people,
- recently converted from disbelief - bring us
some meats that we do not know if Allah's Name
was mentioned over or not.'
He replied,
سَم ُّوا االلهَ‏ أَنْتُمْ‏ وَآُلُوا
Mention Allah's Name on it and eat from it.''
وَات َّقُواْ‏ اللّهَ‏ إِن َّ اللّهَ‏ سَرِیعُ‏ الْحِسَا ‏ِب ﴿٤ ﴾
and have Taqwa of Allah. Verily, Allah is swift in
reckoning.''
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