Eat and Drink but waste not by EXTRAVAGANCE! ------------------------------------------------------- Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allah) likes not Al-Musrifoon (those who waste by extravagance)” [al-A ‘raaf 7:31]. It was narrated that Miqdaam ibn Ma‘di Karib said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) say: “The son of Adam does not fill any vessel worse than his stomach. It is sufficient for the son of Adam to eat a few mouthfuls to keep him standing upright. But if he must (fill it), then one third for his food, one third for his drink, and one third for his breathing.” [Narrated by at-Tirmidhi, 2380; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in as-Silsilah as-Saheehah, 2265] Some of the salaf (early generations of Muslims) said: Allah summed up all of medicine in half a verse (interpretation of the meaning): “and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance” [al-A ‘raaf 7:31]. [End quote from Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/406] Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said, concerning what we learn from the verse quoted above: Here Allah commands His slaves to consume food and drink that will maintain the body and replenish energy, and tells them that it should be of sufficient quantity and quality to benefit the body; if it goes beyond that, then it is extravagance, and both are detrimental to health and cause disease – I mean not eating and drinking, or being extravagant in that regard. Maintaining good health is all summed up in these few divine words. [End quote from Zaad al-Ma‘aad, 4/195]
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