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Pait ka Qufl e Madina | The Excellence of Hunger
Method of eating less in presence of others
One of the ways of avoiding the insistence of the host and ostentation in the presence of others is to eat small morsels with three fingers chewing them properly. Always try to act upon these Sunnaĥs. In wedding feasts etc., people often eat quickly; they are normally so engrossed in eating that nobody will probably notice you. Even then, if you feel that perhaps you will finish earlier than others, you should suck the bones. In this way, you will hopefully finish with others. If somebody eats less in the presence of others because of ostentation so that people consider him as a pious person, it is a Ḥarām act that may lead him to Hell. It is extremely important to refrain from ostentation. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ does not accept the deed in which there is ostentation equal to (the amount of) even a particle.’ (Attarghīb Wattarĥīb, vol. 1, pp. 87)
There is no harm in revealing a good deed with the righteous intention of inspiring others (to do the same) such as expressing gratitude for a divine bounty. Similarly, if religious leaders, teachers and Shuyūkh reveal their deed in the presence of their followers, students and disciples respectively with the same intention, it is also permissible. However, one should carefully ponder whether the objective is to inspire others and express gratitude or not. If the intention of impressing others with piety exists even in the depths of the heart, it is an act of ostentation that may lead to Hell.
Sincerity is key to acceptance
Eating food to a full stomach throughout life is not a sin, but a single act of ostentation in the whole life is a sin, which can lead to Hell. If a person eats less in the presence of others, giving the impression as if he has applied the Madanī guard to his stomach, but when he reaches his home he devours various types of foods like a hungry
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
