Overeating , Gluttony
007 - Soorah al-A'raaf - (The Heights (or The Wall with Elevations)) - [Makkee]
﴿يَـبَنِى ءَادَمَ خُذُواْ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وكُلُواْ وَاشْرَبُواْ وَلاَ تُسْرِفُواْ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴾
[Verse : 031] O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes) while praying [and going round (the Tawâf of) the Ka'bah], and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allâh) likes not Al-Musrifûn (those who waste by extravagance).
Tafsir:-
Allah said,
﴿وَكُلُواْ وَاشْرَبُواْ﴾
(And eat and drink..). Al-Bukhari said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Eat what you wish and wear what you wish, as long as you avoid two things: extravagance and arrogance.'' Ibn Jarir said that Muhammad bin `Abdul-A`la narrated to us that Muhammad bin Thawr narrated to us from Ma`mar from Ibn Tawus from his father who said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah has allowed eating and drinking, as long as it does not contain extravagance or arrogance.'' This chain is Sahih. Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Miqdam bin Ma`dikarib Al-Kindi said that he heard the Messenger of Allah saying,
«مَا مَلَأَ ابْنُ آدَمَ وِعَاءً شَرًّا مِنْ بَطْنِهِ بِحَسْبِ ابْنِ آدَمَ أَكَلَاتٍ يُقِمْنَ صُلْبَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ فَاعِلًا لَا مَحَالَةَ فَثُلُثٌ طَعَامٌ وَثُلُثٌ شَرَابٌ وَثُلُثٌ لِنَفَسِه»
(The Son of Adam will not fill a pot worse for himself than his stomach. It is enough for the Son of Adam to eat a few bites that strengthens his spine. If he likes to have more, then let him fill a third with food, a third with drink and leave a third for his breathing.) An-Nasa'i and At-Tirmidhi collected this Hadith, At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan'' or "Hasan Sahih'' according to another manuscript. `Ata' Al-Khurasani said that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah,
﴿وكُلُواْ وَاشْرَبُواْ وَلاَ تُسْرِفُواْ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ﴾
(And eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allah) likes not the wasteful.) "With food and drink.'' Ibn Jarir commented on Allah's statement,
﴿إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ﴾
(Certainly He (Allah) likes not the wasteful.) "Allah the Exalted says that He does not like those who trespass the limits on an allowed matter or a prohibited matter, those who go to the extreme over what He has allowed, allow what He has prohibited, or prohibit what He has allowed. But, He likes that what He has allowed be considered as such (without extravagance) and what He has prohibited be considered as such. This is the justice that He has commanded.''
At-Tufyal said, "I came to 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar one day and he asked me
to follow him to the market. I said to him, 'What will you do in the
market if you will not stop to sell nor seek any goods or barter with
them or sit in any of the assemblies of the market?' 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar
said that we should sit down and talk, and then he said, 'Abu Batn
(lit. father of the belly, as at-Tufayl had a prominent stomach), we go
out in the morning only for the sake of the greeting. We greet
whomever we meet.' " (Muwatta)
'Umar bin khattab r.a.a was strictly anti-obesity. He used to say to the people (regardless of them being scholars or layman)
" أيها الناس إياكم والبطنة من الطعام فإنها مكسلة عن الصلاة مفسدة للجسد مورثة للسقم وأن الله تبارك وتعالى يبغض الحبر السمين ولكن عليكم بالقصد في قوتكم فإنه أدنى من الأصلاح وأبعد من السرف، وأقوى على عبادة الله ، وإنه لن يهلك عبد حتى يؤثر شهوته على دينه "
" Oh people! Beware of developing a fat belly as a result of over eating because it makes you lazy in/for your prayers, its hurtful for your body, makes you unhealthy and Allah does not like the overweight...rather upon you is to be careful about your intake because that is more closer to righteousness and far from extravagance and makes you gain strength to worship Allah and a slave does not perish untill his desires get the better of him overcoming his commitment to the deen! "
‘Umar RA used to say: “O people, beware of eating too much, for it makes
you lazy in prayer, is bad for your body and causes sickness. Allah
hates the fat man. Rather you should be moderate in your eating, for
that is closer to righteousness and farther removed from extravagance,
and makes one stronger to worship Allah. No person will be doomed
unless he gives precedence to his desires over his religious
commitment.”(Al-Khaleefah al-Farooq, by Dr.’Abdur Rahman al-’Ani)
Ibn al-Jawzi stated that ‘Umar saw a man with a huge belly and said:
“What is this?” He said, “A blessing from Allah.” He said, “Rather it is
a punishment from Allah.” (Manaaqib Ameer al-Mu’mineen, p.200)
Umar (RA) also used to emphasize the importance of exercise,
horsemanship and horseback riding. He used to say: “Teach your children
swimming and archery, and train them to be proficient on horseback, and
teach them some beautiful poetry.” (Al-Khaleefah al-Farooq, p.125
quoting from ar-Riyad an-Nadrah)
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