al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6739
✧ The recommended amount of food a person should consume
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ جَابِرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ:
«مَا وِعَاءٌ شَرَّ مِنْ بَطْنٍ: حَسْبُ الْمُسْلِمِ أُكُلَاتٌ يُقِمْنَ صُلْبَهُ. فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا مَحَالَةَ، فَثُلُثٌ لِطَعَامِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِشَرَابِهِ وَثُلُثٌ لِنَفَسِهِ».
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Salamah
- Ibn and Hb
- Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ
- Yaḥyá b. Jābir Yuḥaddith
- al-Miqdām b. Maʿdī Karib
- al-Nabī ﷺ
The Prophet ﷺ said: “No vessel is worse than a belly. A few morsels that keep his back upright are sufficient for a Muslim. But if it is unavoidable, then a third for his food, a third for his drink, and a third for his breath.”
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- a well-known Companiond. 87 AH, also said: 83 AH, also said: 86 AH, also said: 88 AHالْمِقْدَام بْن مَعْدِي كَرِب الْكِنْدِيّصحابي مشهوريحدث عن
- trustworthy (thiqah), of the sixth (generation), he narrated mursal a great deald. 126 AH, also said: at the end of Hishām's caliphateيَحْيَى بْنَ جَابِرٍثقة ، من السادسة ، وأرسل كثيراسمعت
- Truthful (ṣadūq) with some errors (awhām)d. 152 AH, said by Abū Bakr b. Kāmil, known as Ibn al-Qawwās, 158 AH, 168 AH, 172 AH, said by Abū Marwān b. Ḥayyān, author of the History of al-Andalusمُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍصدوق له أوهامأخبرني
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AHابْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابدأخبرنا
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 248 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَثقة ثبتأخبرنا
- the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AHالنَّسَائِيُّالحافظ
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