Is Being Fat Disliked In Islam?
Being fat or being smart is not a religious matter . A human being is given enough intellect to stay healthy. Religion does not touch these matters unless there is an ethical issue involved which affects Tazkiya of a person. Religion only deals with matters of Tazkiya including Tazkiya of body, food and ethics . Ghamidi Sahab is of view ( and so are some other scholars and researchers like ibn-e-khuldun and Shah wali-ullah Muhadis Dehelvi ) that in addition to being a Prophet, our Prophet had other roles in the society i.e. being an elder of the society who gets influenced by the medicine and culture of his time and gives advice to others in his capacity as an elder and not in his capacity as a Prophet. Therefore, Prophet’s role in religious capacity and his role as an elder of the society always need to be separated while studying Hadith Corpus. Therefore, all the ahadith need to be studied separately whether they are said by the Prophet (SWS) in His capacity as Prophet or in his capacity as an elder of the society, with advices ranging from medicinal to cultural domains of His time. Therefore, any such hadith which is teaching Dietary Etiquettes is not a religious injunction but a way of teaching general etiquettes. Same predicament happens when people misconstrue certain medicinal benefits (or e.g. hadith forbidding certain sleep postures ) mentioned in Hadith Corpus as religious injunctions ( Tibb-e-Nabwi etc. ). Following thread can also be referred to for additional details on this topic in general : Discussion 59119