gluttony and gluttony are among the bad symptoms that later bring pain and harm. this is because they not only cause people to despise and despise a person but they also lead him to indigestion and from indigestion to various types of very bad diseases. they are generated by the power of the sensual soul and if blindness of the rational soul which is shamelessness is added to it and helps it it will be apparent and exposed. it is also a type of following passion which is called for and led to by the idea of enjoying the taste of the greedy. it was reported to me that a greedy man once approached various types of food with great gluttony and gluttony until when he was full and satisfied with it he could not eat anything at all. he began to cry and when asked about the reason for his crying he said that it was because he claimed that he was unable to eat anything that was in front of him. a man in the city of peace was eating with me from a large quantity of dates that were in front of us. after i had eaten a moderate amount of it he continued to eat until he almost finished it all. so i asked him after he had had his fill of it and stopped eating it and i saw him staring at what had been taken away from us has his soul ceased and his desire subsided? he said i would have loved nothing more than to be in my previous state and for this dish to be presented to us now. so i said to him if the pain of the sense of desire and its bitterness has not been removed from you
إن الشره والنهم من العوارض الرديئة العائدة من بعد بالألم والمضرة وذلك أنه ليس إنما يجلب على الإنسان استنقاص الناس له واسترذالهم إياه فقط، ولكن يطرحه مع ذلك في سوء الهضم، ومن سوء الهضم إلى ضروب من الأمراض الرديئة جدا. ويتولد عن قوة النفس الشهوانية، وإذا انضم إليها وساعدها عمى النفس الناطقة الذي هو قلة الحياء كان مع ذلك ظاهرا مكشوفا. وهو أيضا ضرب من أتباع الهوى يدعو إليه ويحمل عليه تصور استلذاذ طعم المتطم. ولقد بلغني أن رجلا من أهل الشره أقبل يوما على ضروب من الطعام بنهم وشره شديد، حتى إذا تضلع وتملأ منها لم يمكنه معه تناول شيء بتة، فأخذ يبكي فسؤل عن سبب بكائه، فقال إن ذلك لأنه زعم لا يقدر على أكل شيء مما هو بين يديه. وقد كان رجل بمدينة السلام يأكل معي من رطب كثير كان بين أيدينا، فأمسكت بعد تناولي منه مقدارا معتدلا، وأمعن هو حتى قارب أن يأتي على جميعه. فسألته بعد امتلائه منه وإمساكه عنه وذلك أني رأيته محدقا نحو ما رفع من بين أيدينا منه هل انتهت نفسه وسكنت شهوته؟ فقال ما كنت أحب إلا أن أكون بحالتي الأولى ويكون هذا الطبق إنما قدم إلينا الآن. فقلت له فإذا كان ألم حس الاشتهاء ومضضه لم يسقط عنك