Abstinence [From Food]

Fitness of the body is [in] abstinence from [harmful] foods. صَلاحُ البَدَنِ الحِمْيَةُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who cannot patiently bear the agony of abstinence [from food], his sickness will be prolonged. مَنْ لَمْ يَصْبِرْ عَلى مَضَضِ الْحِمْيَةِ طالَ سَقَمُهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم