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him above gluttony, guards him against flattery to the mean ones, and enjoins him to gain the means of living and desires of life through legal ways.
GLUTTONY
Gluttony is the opposite of chastity. It stands for the excessive desires for food and sex. It is a mean tendency indicating self-feebleness, greedy nature, and slavery of instincts.
Amir ul-Mu'minin (a) said: "He who wants to survive, yet no one will survive forever, should ease his back -from the burdens of debts-, have the food as early as possible, and reduce copulation with women." 125
Once, Amir ul-Mu'minin (a) ate some dates, drank water, and then beat on his stomach with his hand and said: "Away with him who lets his stomach cause him to be in Hell." He then recited the poetic verse:
Whenever you respond to the desires of your stomach and genitals, they both will give nothing but the extreme dispraise. 126
Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: "Gluttony is the source of every malady except fever, which appears to the body." 127
"The sated stomach overdoes." 128
"Allah hates the overeating." 129
Abu al-Hasan (a) said: "If people have moderate food, their bodies will be healthy." 130
Disadvantages of Gluttony
It is not unacceptable to say that gluttony, charms of the falsities of life, and attraction of luxury and lavish expenditure have been the main elements of retardation. All these elements have taken the nations into corruption. Overeating, for example, has many bad results. Modern medicine has proved that most of the diseases, curls, lines
