The Meaning of Excess in Eating and Drinking and Its Harm to the Heart and Body
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) says: “And people transgressed, until they took more than what was needed, thereby harming their hearts and their bodies.”
Answer:
He means in eating and drinking; they were excessive in eating and drinking until they harmed their hearts through heedlessness, because much eating and much drinking cause the heart to become heedless and harden it, or they harmed their bodies, because much eating and much drinking also lead to diseases.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) says: “And people transgressed, until they took more than what was needed, thereby harming their hearts and their bodies.”
Answer:
He means in eating and drinking; they were excessive in eating and drinking until they harmed their hearts through heedlessness, because much eating and much drinking cause the heart to become heedless and harden it, or they harmed their bodies, because much eating and much drinking also lead to diseases.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده العجيب : أنه يشام النفس حتى يعلم أي القوتين تغلب عليها — islamhouse.com (50:05)
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