Home / Books / Mīzān al-Ḥikma / Volume 1 / Little [Consumption of] Food / Hadith 1293 hadith 1293 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Eating little is a sign of self-restraint, and eating a lot is a sign of wastefulness. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قِلَّةُ الأَكْلِ مِنَ العَفَافِ ، وَكَثْرَتُهُ مِنَ الإسْرَافِ. Similar narrations Ghurar al-Ḥikam #517 Imam Ali (AS) said, Eating less is from self-restraint and overeating is from indulgence. All narrations in Little [Consumption of] Food Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 1293 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Eating little is a sign of self-restraint, and eating a lot is a sign of wastefulness. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قِلَّةُ الأَكْلِ مِنَ العَفَافِ ، وَكَثْرَتُهُ مِنَ الإسْرَافِ.