Question
Is this a Hadith?
“Four things ruin the body: worry, grief, hunger, and sleeplessness.”
Answer
I have not come across this as a Hadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). This is actually the statement of Imam Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah (rahimahullah).
He writes, “Four things destroy the body: worry, grief, hunger, and sleeplessness.”
(Zadul Ma’ad, vol. 4, pg. 378)
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