Reddit reviews On the Treatment of the Lust of the Stomach and the Sexual Organs (Great Books of the Islamic World)
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Yeah I got it from Amazon for my smartphone for 3 bucks.
It's a section of the volume, so its pretty short read.
https://www.amazon.com/Treatment-Stomach-Sexual-Organs-Islamic-ebook/dp/B0073W9XPQ
3 bucks for a beautiful and a soul wrenching book. Here is a passage:
> The object of fasting is the reduction of the carnal appetite so that the heart, liberated from the annoyance of the carnal appetites , becomes purified and the abode of remembrance; for when the heart is filled with carnal appetite, it is not possible to remember (Him); nor does (the remembrance) affect one. The object of the greater pilgrimage , which is a visit to the House of God, is the remembrance of the Lord of that House and the incitement of longing for meeting Him.
And another:
> The sign of hunger is that one be eager for bread without sauce or stew and that one can eat all bread made of barley or millet eagerly. When one looks for stew , the hunger is no longer genuine. Most of the Companions did not exceed half a mudd. There were some whose food was one sa‘ 15— a sa‘ is four mudds—and when they were eating dates, a sa’ and a half, because of the date stones which are discarded.