Taqwa and Your Stomach (3) Al-Hasan Al-Basree: (a) the Shame of a Big Belly (b) Eat, Drink, Breathe and Think (c) the Ordeal of Food

It is related that al-Hasan al-Basree (rahimahullaah) said: A Muslim would be put to shame if it was said to him, "You have a big belly." : O son of Aadam, eat for a third of your stomach, drink a third of it and leave a third of your stomach to breathe and think. : The ordeal (calamity) of your ... Read more »

