Thursday, June 18, 2009

Gluttony

We cannot do away with our daily nourishment, but let us not wallow in gluttony. Abu Yazid was once asked why he regarded fasting so supreme. He replied, "Had the Pharaoh (Fir'aun) known hunger he would not have declared himself God."

-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"

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