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from al-Hasan al-Basri, who said: “By Allah, we met people and kept company with groups of them: not one of them ever ordered that a meal be specially prepared for him in his own house ⦗65⦘, and none of them ever ate to the point of satiety until he died; whenever he sensed that he was approaching fullness, he would simply stop.”
٦٧ - حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: «وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْنَا أَقْوَامًا وَصَحِبْنَا طَوَائِفَ مِنْهُمْ، مَا أَمَرَ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي ⦗٦٥⦘ بَيْتِهِ بِصَنْعَةِ طَعَامٍ لَهُ قَطُّ، وَمَا شَبِعَ أَحَدُهُمْ مِنْ طَعَامٍ حَتَّى مَاتَ، مَا عَدَا أَنْ يُقَارِبَ شِبَعَهُ أَمْسَكَ»