In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
“First and foremost, a highly important factor of health promotion is proper nutrition. Choosing wholesome food and avoiding what is unwholesome are essential to health.
Allah Almighty says in the Quran: “Eat of the good things which We have provided for you.” (Al-Baqarah: 173)
He Almighty also says, “Eat of what is lawful and wholesome on the earth. (Al-Baqarah: 168)
Describing the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, Allah says: “…He prohibits them from all that is foul…” (Al-A`raaf: 157)
To abstain from eating without a valid reason is contrary to health protection. Hence, Islam does not approve of it. Allah says in the Qur’an: “Do not forbid yourselves the wholesome things God has made lawful for you.” (Al-Ma’dah: 87)
Healthy nutrition means having a balanced diet, in order to maintain the balance that Allah has established in all matters, and to which reference is made in the Qur’an:
“And He enforced the balance. That you exceed not the bounds; but observe the balance strictly, and fall not short thereof". (Ar-Rahman: 7-9)
Healthy nutrition means a diet balanced in quantity. Eating too much is contrary to Islamic teachings.
In the Quran we read: “Eat and drink, but avoid excess…” ( Taha: 81)
The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is reported to have said:"When filled with food, the belly becomes the worst container for the son of Adam. It is sufficient for a human being to have a few bites to keep himself fit (which means that it is sufficient to have only what one needs to maintain strength and well-being). If one must eat, then let him use one-third for food, one-third for drink and one-third for breathing."
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