It is true that the style of cooking and consumption of food...
It is true that the style of cooking and consumption of food are related to this world but the same act of eating can send us to paradise, or throw us into hellfire: ﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَى ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا﴾ “Indeed those who consume the property of orphans wrongfully only ingest fire into their bellies, and soon they will enter the Blaze.” [^4] Anyone who fills his stomach with the property of orphans eats food and enjoys doing so, but the food he eats will become chastisement of the hell for him.
Similarly, if a person eats food for the sake of worshipping God, the same act of eating will have a spiritual reward. The same word that a person utters for the sake of pleasing God will be a tree growing in paradise for him. The Holy Prophet ( s ) said to his companions: “For anyone who recites tasbihat al-arba‘ah [^5] God gives him a tree that grows in paradise.” Some said: “So, we shall have many trees in paradise because we…
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