Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Abstinence [From Food]

Abstinence [From Food] الحِمْيَةُ

1. Fitness of the body is [in] abstinence from [harmful] foods.

1ـ صَلاحُ البَدَنِ الحِمْيَةُ.

2. One who cannot patiently bear the agony of abstinence [from food], his sickness will be prolonged.

2ـ مَنْ لَمْ يَصْبِرْ عَلى مَضَضِ الْحِمْيَةِ طالَ سَقَمُهُ.