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Pait ka Qufl e Madina | The Excellence of Hunger
Gum Tayrī yādawn mayn reĥnay kī sadā taufīq day
Bless me with the strength to bear thirst and hunger
May I always remain engrossed in Your remembrance
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Survival on dates and water
Sayyidunā ‘Urwaĥ رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَـالٰی عَـنْـهُ has narrated that once Sayyidatunā ‘Āishaĥ رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا told him, ‘O my nephew! We used to see one moon and then the next. In two months, we used to see three moons (and during all this time), fires would not burn (for cooking food) in the houses of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.’ Sayyidunā ‘Urwaĥ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ then asked, ‘O dear aunt! How did you manage in those days?’ She رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا replied, ‘We would survive on two dark things, dates and water. Besides this, the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم had some Anṣār[1] neighbours who had specially allocated the milk of some of their she-camels or goats for the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Whenever they sent milk to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, he would give the milk to us to drink.’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 7, pp. 232, Ḥadīš 6459)
Better than whole night’s worship
Ḥujjat-ul-Islam, Sayyidunā Imām Muhammad Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی has narrated that Sayyidunā Abū Sulaymān رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has stated, ‘To reduce one morsel from my dinner is dearer to me than spending the entire night in worship.’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has further stated, ‘Hunger is one of the treasures of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and is given only to His chosen servants.’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 90)
[1] Anṣār were the companions in Madīnaĥ who welcomed and helped the companions who migrated from Makkaĥ.
BOOK TOPIC
BOOK TOPIC
- Du'a for Reading the Book
- Transliteration Chart
- Table of Contents
- Translator's Notes
- Excellence of Hunger
- Intentional hunger
- Blessed hunger of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- Hungry for many nights
- Two stones tied to stomach
- Affectionate sentiments
- Hunger of Prophet Dawud صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- True devotees should reflect
- Eating just once every two days
- Eating once and fasting
- Fasting with one meal
- A dining cloth made of gold
- Survival on dates and water
- Treasure of hunger and gratification for it
- Perils of a doubtful morsel
- Punishment for consuming a Haram morsel
- Fear of bad end
- Sweetness of worship
- Saint with green skin
- Key to world
- His Nafs took him to Hell
- Banquet on the Day of Judgement
- Physical fitness
- Dry bread and salt
- Reason of nocturnal emission
- Six Madani pearls
- Why emphasis on remaining hungry?
- Respite from Allah عزوجل
- Dua of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- Seven intestines
- Seven Madani pearls
- Traveller of Madani Qafilah
- Bowl of milk and seventy companions رضی اللہ عنھم
- Independence from people
- When you eat a lot,you also have to earn a lot
- If only hunger could be purchased
- To eat in excess is attribute of unbelievers
- I am worst person
- Remaining hungry for one year
- How much should common person eat?
- The bird that lives thousand years
- Fat mosquito
- Excellence of lean body
- Causes of obesity
- Definition of youth
- Dangers of pizza
- Story of consumer of pizza
- Cure for obesity
- Get your blood tested
- Four cures for constipation
- Medication for narcolepsy
- Best cure for obesity
- Remedy to stay healthy
- Not everyone's appetite is same
- To drink a lot of water
- Overburden
- I eat very little
- Precautions of eating less
- What is Nafs?
- We live to eat
- Cancer of gums
- Danger of fake Kattha
- Thought-provoking story
- Do you want to eat less?
- Bowl of poison
- Severe accountability for luxuries
- Three questions about every favour
- How to develop habit of eating less?
- Specify portion of your food
- You can mix your food prior to eating
- Method of eating less in presence of others
- Trial for those that eat less
- Eat less for forty days consecutively
- Bitter advice
- 52 Parables
- 2. Madani Qafilah inhabited Masjid
- 3. Eighty companions and a little food
- 4. Gigantic fish
- 5. Amin-ul-Ummah
- 6. Heart patient was cured
- 7. Prophet Yahya علیہ ااسلام and Satan
- 8. He spewed milk
- 9. Roasted meat
- 10. Thought provoking sermon
- 11. The first to shoot an arrow in path of Allah
- 12. Warts on hand
- 13. Ghusl for forty times in one night
- 14. Picking bits of food from floor and eating them
- 15. After difficulty there is ease
- 16. Eating only ten raisins a day
- 17. Desire to eat egg plant
- 18. Eat and drink
- 20. Hiding to avoid eating
- 21. Blessing of a saint 22. Good company
- 22. Good company faithful death
- 23. Bad company bad death
- 24. Hungry lion
- 25. Trusting young man
- 27. An enthusiastic preacher
- 28. Eggs and bread
- 30. Happiness in fever
- 31. Fine of eating lentils
- 32. Fish bone
- 33. Carrot and honey
- 34. He spat out fig
- 35. Confectioner fed them
- 36. Leftover bones
- 37. Fear before eating
- 38. Piece of dry bread
- 39. His vein would pulsate
- 40. Worshipper and pomegranate
- 41. Mahmud Ayaz and slice of cucumber
- 42. Non-Muslim monk embraces Islam
- 43. Rice and fish
- 44. Beneficial to one's heart
- 45. Valimah in Paradise
- 46. Dough that dried in sunlight
- 47. He did not drink milk for forty years
- 48. Meat and bread
- 49. Frightening thunderstorm
- 50. Green bowl
- 51. He used to speak to his Nafs
- 52. He vowed not to eat vegetable
- 15 Ahadis about Excellence of Salat Alan-Nabi صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- 22 Madani Pearls of Giving Dars from Faizan e Sunnat
- Method of Delivering Dars from Faizan e Sunnat
- Dua of Attar
- Glossary
- Bibliography
