When I decided to undertake a journey, I visited our Shaykh, Yoosuf ibn Ayyoob, to bid him farewell. He supported my decision [to travel], and said
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Poverty and hardship
Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله was praying with ‘Abdur-Razzaaq رحمه الله, and became distracted.
In control of one’s hunger
‘Aatikah bint Ibn Abi ‘Aasim رحمها الله said she heard her father say: ‘[When] I left Koofah for Makkah, I ate [some] food in Koofah, and the next [time I had something to eat was] in Makkah.’
Too much talking and too much eating
Two characteristics harden the heart: too much talking and too much eating.
Eating too much
Indeed, a man will certainly become full from speech (talking too much), just as he will become full from food (eating too much).
‘So I turn my gaze away from her’
I see a woman in a dream, and know she is not permissible for me, so I turn my gaze away from her.
The pleasure of food
Indeed one will not find pleasure of food when ill, so how will he find pleasure in worship whilst sinning?
Speaking too much and eating too much
[There are] two things that harden the heart: speaking too much and eating too much.
Eating from one whose provision is haraam
What is the ruling regarding working with someone whose provision is from haraam earnings? And what is the ruling regarding eating from the provision of this person on occasions of celebration?
Eating fish and chips fried in oil used for frying non-halaal meat
In most of the restaurants in the West, they fry the fish and the potatoes (chips) in a big [deep] fryer filled with oil.