651. ʿAbd Allah narrated—from his father, from Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm, from Yūnus, from al-Ḥasan—that al-Ḥasan said:

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allah have mercy on him, once entered upon his son ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar while some meat had been set before them. He asked, “What is this meat?”

They replied, “We felt a desire for it.”

He said, “Do you eat something every time you feel a craving? It is enough of an extravagance for a person to eat whenever he craves.”