Hazards of Overeating

From Gazzali’s famous book Tablige Deen (2nd Part: Greed)

Hazrat Abu Sulaiman Darani states: Eating too much will fetch the following hazards:

i. No taste in worship (Ibadat)

ii. The sharpness of knowledge impairs; as a result, the Marifat of Allah cannot be attained

iii. The sympathy towards creation impairs; as are assumed as glutton just as ownself

iv. Stomach becomes plump and laziness appears

v. Desire of luxury intensifies

vi. May be such a situation would prevail: Muslims are going to mosque and the stomach-lovers would run towards the toilet!