Is there any basis for saying Bismillaah awwalhu wa akhirhu? From what i have heard is that it is said if someone forgets to say bimillah before starting something and remembers in the middle, for example eating?
from a book called:"fortress of the muslim invocations from Qur'aan and Sunnah" compiled by darussalam research division: "when anyone of you begins eating, say:
Bismillaah "In the Name of Allaah"
And if you forget then, when you remember, say:
Bismillaahi fee awwalihi wa aakhirihi
"In the Name of Allaah, in the beginning and in the end"
" Abu Dawud 3/347, AT-Tirmidhi 4/288.See Al-Albaani's Sahih At-Tirmidhi 2/167