Umar b. Khattab: Regarding the obese person…

Umar ibn Khattab RA said: O People! Be aware of overeating, because it makes you lazy in your prayer, makes your body weak, and it makes you unhealthy. Allah dislikes the obese man. You should be modest in your food because that is closer to righteousness and further from excess and makes you stronger in worshipping Allah.  You will perish when your desires become dearer to you then your religion.

Once a man approached Umar with a big belly. Umar asked him, ‘What is this (referring to his stomach)?’ He replied, ‘This is a blessing from Allah.’ Umar responded, “Rather this is a punishment from Allah.”

Mu’jam al-Shuyukh Ia  Taj al-Din al-Subki

~ by hammad on January 2, 2010.