Nothing will curb the self and humble it more than hunger. The third benefit lies in submission, humiliation, the elimination of ungodliness, rejoicefulness, and what is more evil, namely oppressiveness and obliviousness of God Almighty.
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inducement) however is an empty stomach.Ību Sulayman al-Darani declared: “the best form of worship for me is an empty stomach attached to my back.” Junayd said that “one (should) leave between the self and the chest a space free of food in order to discover the delight of contemplation.” Occasionally the heart might soften under certain circumstances permit dhikr a greater impact there on indeed, it might even delight in contemplation. many) rememberances (dhikr) flow on the tongue with the presence of the heart but there is no delight for the heart nor any satisfaction because it is screened by coarseness. The second benefit is tenderness and purity of heart, which prepare it to attain the delight of contemplation and the impact of dhikr. Shibli said: “I hungered not a day (for the sake of God) without experiencing in my heart, like nothing before, a door opened by wisdom and example.’ acquire) heavenly knowledge.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “enliven your hearts with less laughter and less satiation (for it is by means of) hunger that they (hearts) are purified and softened.” The lad who indulges food is unable to memorize (the Koran) his thinking is distorted, his understanding and perception slowed.Ību Sulayman al-Darani said: “indulge hunger because it humbles the self, renders the heart tender, and allows one to inherit (lit. It increases fuziness in the brain, in the same manner as does drunkenness, until it overpowers the elements of thought, burdens the heart, and slows down both the thinking process and quickness of perception. Satiation causes dullness and blinds the heart. We say, then, that hunger has ten benefits, the first being purification of the heart and awakening of intuition, as well as giving vent to perception. Whoever suffers himself to endure hunger as an act of faith in keeping with the Shar’i`ah’s commendation thereof, he will benefit there from, even if he does not understand the effect of the benefit, in the same manner as he who drinks medicine benefits there from, even if he does not know the nature of the benefit. Likewise, nobody speaks ill of the benefits of hunger but the brokers of the ulema. Benefit derives from the peculiar quality of medicine, not from its being bitter. So he proceeds to taste all that he hates. Know ye that this (question) resembles the saying of the one who drinks medicine and benefits there from thinking that this benefit is due to the repugnance of medicine and its bitterness. One might perhaps ask: “wherefrom is this great virtue of hunger? What is the reason for it when there is but pain for the stomach and harmful suffering? And if it is to be so, then man should be granted greater rewards for allowing the self to suffer such harm in denying the flesh what it craves and forcing it to accept the objectionable and the like.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “combat the self with hunger and thirst, for there is reward in that.”
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