The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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(a mixture of margarine and honey)?!
Doesn't a horse eat multiple types of foods, and so does a camel?!
Isn't the body the soul's camel?!
Some early scholars forbade the combination of two relishes regularly
in order that not become a habit and involve trouble. Excessive
eating should be avoided in order not to cause laziness and induce
sleep. And once a person becomes used to eating too much, it becomes
difficult for him not to. So he spends much time and effort
in consuming food.
This was how the Salaf used to avoid unnecessary pleasures.
As for the l).adith: "Deprive yourselves from good food"; it was a
fabricated hadith by BazI the narrator.
If a person only eats barley bread then his attitude will change,
because it is too dry and (too much of it) harms the brain and eyes.
Not eating enough food causes the stomach to dry up and shrink.
What is disliked is overeating.
The best of etiquettes are those of the Messenger ). He )
said: "A human being never fills a container that is worse than his
stomach. Hence, it will be sufficient for the son of Adam to satisfy
his hunger with a few bites to strengthen his backbone. If he must
eat to his fill, then he should allow for one third food, one third
water, and third air."187
Islam orders us to eat enough to sustain our bodies in order to
preserve them. Had the hypocrites heard of this division: "One
187 Tirmidhi #2381 and Ibn Majah #3349.
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