Prohibition of Overeating to Full Stomach
Author: Imran Ayyub Lahori
❶ Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
المسلم يأكل فى معى واحد والكافر فى سبعة أمعاء
"A Muslim eats in one intestine, while a disbeliever eats in seven intestines."
Bukhari: 5396; Muslim: 2062; Ibn Mājah: 3256; Muwaṭṭaʾ: 2/924
❷ In another narration:
A man used to eat excessively, then he accepted Islam and began eating less. When this was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said:
إن المؤمن يأكل فى معى واحد وإن الكافر يأكل فى سبعة أمعاء
"Indeed, a believer eats in one intestine, and a disbeliever eats in seven intestines."
Bukhari: 5393
❸ Sahih Muslim narrates:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ hosted a disbelieving guest and ordered a goat to be milked for him. He drank its milk. Then another was milked and he drank it, and so on until he drank the milk of seven goats. The next morning, he accepted Islam. The Prophet ﷺ ordered a goat to be milked for him; he drank its milk, then another was milked but he could not finish it. The Prophet ﷺ then said:
إن المؤمن يشرب فى معى واحد والكافر يشرب فى سبعة أمعاء
"Indeed, a believer drinks in one intestine, and a disbeliever drinks in seven intestines."
Muslim: 2063; Muwaṭṭaʾ: 2/924; Tirmidhi: 1819
❹ Al-Miqdām ibn Maʿdī Karib (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
ما ملأ آدمى وعاء شرا من بطن...
"No human ever filled a vessel worse than his stomach. It is sufficient for the son of Adam to eat a few morsels to keep his back straight. But if he must (eat more), then one third for his food, one third for his drink, and one third for his breath."
Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl: 7/41; Tirmidhi: 2380; Ibn Mājah: 3349; Ibn Ḥibbān: 5213
❺ Abu Juhayfah (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
فإن أكثـر الـنـاس شبعا فى الدنيا أكثرهم جوعا يوم القيامة
"Indeed, those who are most full in this world will be the hungriest on the Day of Judgment."
Silsilah al-Sahihah: 343; Sahih al-Targhīb: 2136; al-Ḥākim: 4/121
❻ Ibn ʿAbbās (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
إن أهل الشبع فى الدنيا هم أهل الجوع غدا فى الآخرة
"Indeed, those who are full in this world will be the hungry ones tomorrow in the Hereafter."
Hasan li-ghayrih: Sahih al-Targhīb: 2138
❼ In Sahih al-Bukhari:
إنه لياتي الرجل العظيم السمين يوم القيامة فلا يزن عند الله جناح بعوضة
"A huge, fat man will come on the Day of Judgment but he will not weigh with Allah the wing of a mosquito."
Bukhari: 4729; Muslim: 2785
❽ Al-Bayhaqī narrates with the wording:
ليـؤتيـن يـوم القيامة بالعظيم الطويل الأكول الشروب فلا يزن عند الله جناح بعوضة
"On the Day of Judgment, a tall, huge man who used to eat and drink excessively will be brought, yet he will not weigh with Allah the wing of a mosquito."
Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān: 5670
Author: Imran Ayyub Lahori
Avoid Eating to Excess
❶ Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
المسلم يأكل فى معى واحد والكافر فى سبعة أمعاء
"A Muslim eats in one intestine, while a disbeliever eats in seven intestines."
Bukhari: 5396; Muslim: 2062; Ibn Mājah: 3256; Muwaṭṭaʾ: 2/924❷ In another narration:
A man used to eat excessively, then he accepted Islam and began eating less. When this was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said:
إن المؤمن يأكل فى معى واحد وإن الكافر يأكل فى سبعة أمعاء
"Indeed, a believer eats in one intestine, and a disbeliever eats in seven intestines."
Bukhari: 5393❸ Sahih Muslim narrates:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ hosted a disbelieving guest and ordered a goat to be milked for him. He drank its milk. Then another was milked and he drank it, and so on until he drank the milk of seven goats. The next morning, he accepted Islam. The Prophet ﷺ ordered a goat to be milked for him; he drank its milk, then another was milked but he could not finish it. The Prophet ﷺ then said:
إن المؤمن يشرب فى معى واحد والكافر يشرب فى سبعة أمعاء
"Indeed, a believer drinks in one intestine, and a disbeliever drinks in seven intestines."
Muslim: 2063; Muwaṭṭaʾ: 2/924; Tirmidhi: 1819❹ Al-Miqdām ibn Maʿdī Karib (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
ما ملأ آدمى وعاء شرا من بطن...
"No human ever filled a vessel worse than his stomach. It is sufficient for the son of Adam to eat a few morsels to keep his back straight. But if he must (eat more), then one third for his food, one third for his drink, and one third for his breath."
Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl: 7/41; Tirmidhi: 2380; Ibn Mājah: 3349; Ibn Ḥibbān: 5213❺ Abu Juhayfah (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
فإن أكثـر الـنـاس شبعا فى الدنيا أكثرهم جوعا يوم القيامة
"Indeed, those who are most full in this world will be the hungriest on the Day of Judgment."
Silsilah al-Sahihah: 343; Sahih al-Targhīb: 2136; al-Ḥākim: 4/121❻ Ibn ʿAbbās (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
إن أهل الشبع فى الدنيا هم أهل الجوع غدا فى الآخرة
"Indeed, those who are full in this world will be the hungry ones tomorrow in the Hereafter."
Hasan li-ghayrih: Sahih al-Targhīb: 2138❼ In Sahih al-Bukhari:
إنه لياتي الرجل العظيم السمين يوم القيامة فلا يزن عند الله جناح بعوضة
"A huge, fat man will come on the Day of Judgment but he will not weigh with Allah the wing of a mosquito."
Bukhari: 4729; Muslim: 2785❽ Al-Bayhaqī narrates with the wording:
ليـؤتيـن يـوم القيامة بالعظيم الطويل الأكول الشروب فلا يزن عند الله جناح بعوضة
"On the Day of Judgment, a tall, huge man who used to eat and drink excessively will be brought, yet he will not weigh with Allah the wing of a mosquito."
Bayhaqī in Shuʿab al-Īmān: 5670