Sayyiduna Yahya Mu’aaz Raazi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated, ‘The one who is in the habit of filling his stomach, his body becomes fat with flesh and the one who becomes fat with flesh, becomes a victim of desires, and the one who becomes a victim of desires, his sins increase and the one whose sins increase, his heart becomes hard and he falls victim to the calamities and attractions of the world.’ (Al-Munabbihat, pp. 59)

I wish that we build a mindset to eat less food than our hunger and we just eat such amount of food which simply provides us strength to perform the acts of worship of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, and while eating, one should have the intention to muster strength for the acts of worship. In the terminology of the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami, eating less food than hunger is called as ‘Qufl-e-Madinah of stomach’ [i.e. Madani guard of stomach]. It will bring about numerous worldly and Hereafter goodness and benefits.

Giving the mindset of contemplating Hereafter, Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه has stated:

زَبان کا آنکھ کا اور پیٹ کا قُفلِ مدینہ تُم

لَگا لو وَرنہ مَحشَر میں پَشیمانی بَڑی ہوگی

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Picking bits of food from floor and eating them

The king of Baghdad, Shaykh ‘Abdul Qaadir Jeelani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: I would intend to pick up the fallen bits of food or leaves and grass to eat, but I would quit, making self-sacrifice for my Islamic brothers who would also be in search of those things and I would stay hungry. When I became extremely weak and was close to death, I found something lying on the floor near the flower market and picked it up. I sat at a corner to eat it. Suddenly, I saw a non-Arab youngster who had fresh flatbread and roasted meat. He sat and began to eat. When I saw him eating, my desire for food intensified. When he would take a morsel in his hand to eat, feeling extreme hunger, I would have