Sunan Ibn Majah 3349
Being economical with food and the undesirability of eating one’s fill
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حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمِّي عَنْ أُمِّهَا أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ الْمِقْدَامَ بْنَ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ:
«مَا مَلأَ آدَمِيٌّ وِعَاءً شَرًّا مِنْ بَطْنٍ: حَسْبُ الآدَمِيِّ لُقَيْمَاتٌ يُقِمْنَ صُلْبَهُ. فَإِنْ غَلَبَتِ الآدَمِيَّ نَفْسُهُ، فَثُلُثٌ لِلطَّعَامِ وَثُلُثٌ لِلشَّرَابِ وَثُلُثٌ لِلنَّفَسِ».
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik al-Ḥimṣī
- Muḥammad b. Ḥarb
- my mother
- her mother
- al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "A human being does not fill any vessel worse than the stomach. It is enough for the son of Adam to have a few bites to keep his back upright. But if his appetite overcomes him, then a third is for food, a third for drink, and a third for breath.”
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