Chapter 31
I have said to eat no peas. At
that time, I did not think about
what we call sweet peas, which
grow into pods. They can be
eaten, but not field peas. I had
reference to field peas, such as
black-eyed peas, brown, yellow,
and black peas (there are some
black field peas).
We all know that food and
health keep us here and the same
makes us sick and takes us away
-- if we do not make a practice
of eating the right food and
drinks that will not make us
sick and cause an early death.
The way that Almighty God
Allah, in Person of Master Fard
Muhammad, to Whom praise is due
forever, has taught us, makes
sense.
When we get used to eating
one meal a day, or every 24
hours, we start eating once
every two days, which will give
to you and me better results
than eating one meal a day. Even
eating one meal a day -- and
eating the right kind of food
and having a pure drink -- will
bring us health and prolonged
life of which we would not even
dream. You will not be sick if
you eat correctly. And let what
you drink be pure -- that which
will not harm the body.
Again, you will agree with me
that we Americans are a very
gluttonous people and that we
prepare our own sick bed,
hospital bills, and undertaker
bills with what we eat and what
we drink. And besides this comes
a sick mind, and after a sick
mind comes death.
You just try eating and
drinking and living at peace
with yourself and others, and
you will write me and tell me
that these words are true.
As for the swine (hog), he is
well known to be an animal that
we should not take for food,
because he puts an almost
incurable disease in those who
eat his flesh.
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