What is the jurisprudential understanding of the hadith (If it is absolutely necessary, then one-third for his food, one-third for his drink, and one-third for himself)?
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The questioner : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2380Sahih (Darussalam), so this, O Shaykh, means the exact jurisprudential understanding of the hadith. For example, if I am eating one and a half loaves, does one-third mean that I eat one loaf, i.e., one-third of the quantity, or does the one-third have another meaning?
The Shaykh : What if the loaf was a pound.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What if the loaf was a pound.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I mean, we have to understand it this way.
The questioner : I am asking for clarification from you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But I told you, you put a premise in your question. If you had asked me, for example, what is the meaning of the hadith, we would have answered you.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : But you presented your opinion that he takes, for example, two-thirds of a loaf or one-third of a loaf. I am telling you, there is a loaf that makes up ten loaves, and there is a loaf less than that. This has no relation to the hadith. The intention of the hadith is that a person does not fill his stomach with food, but rather lightens it. That is the intention.
The questioner : I mean, he eats, for example, without getting full.
The Shaykh : He eats without getting full.
The questioner : I mean, without getting full, how is this determined... is it a little, is it a lot, is it?
The Shaykh : As much as he determines, the important thing is that he does not get full.
If this is not possible, then a third for food, a third for drink, and third for his breath.
فإن كان لا بد فاعل ؛ فثلث لطعامه ، وثلث لشرابه ، وثلث لنفسهThe Shaykh : What if the loaf was a pound.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What if the loaf was a pound.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I mean, we have to understand it this way.
The questioner : I am asking for clarification from you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But I told you, you put a premise in your question. If you had asked me, for example, what is the meaning of the hadith, we would have answered you.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : But you presented your opinion that he takes, for example, two-thirds of a loaf or one-third of a loaf. I am telling you, there is a loaf that makes up ten loaves, and there is a loaf less than that. This has no relation to the hadith. The intention of the hadith is that a person does not fill his stomach with food, but rather lightens it. That is the intention.
The questioner : I mean, he eats, for example, without getting full.
The Shaykh : He eats without getting full.
The questioner : I mean, without getting full, how is this determined... is it a little, is it a lot, is it?
The Shaykh : As much as he determines, the important thing is that he does not get full.
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