Thread by @Nt_Takfeeri_1

Respectfully, I call upon food bloggers, fashion influencers, cooking content creators, brothers who’ve apparently “made it”, and the rest of today’s so-called influencers: pause for a moment and try to see and hear something other than the applause of your followers. 🧵

Respectfully lend an ear to the cries & groans rising from Gaza

For those paying attention the sounds r raw They're heart-wrenching They shake the soul
They're the sobs of mothers mourning their children, the groans of bleeding bodies, the haunting silence of starving infants.🧵

And yet, many of their neighbours by geography, by religion, or both still find it within themselves to flaunt their bloated stomachs, to showcase colourful spreads of food, to sample exotic cuisines, to delight in their every bite at yet another upscale restaurant or café.🧵

Put religion aside for a moment—do you not feel shame?

Displaying your new car, your business-class seat, or your luxury accommodation is already tasteless under any circumstance. But to boast about your eating habits in a time of mass starvation? No. That is revolting.🧵

The early Muslims used to say:

"جنبوا مجالسنا ذكر النساء والطعام"

"Keep talk of women and food out of our gatherings,"

Because constantly verbalizing one's desires and appetites, whether for food or intimacy, cheapens the soul. It is lowly. 🧵

So what about someone who has built their entire persona around eating? Around chewing, chomping, tasting, devouring, theatrically reacting and rating food?

Worse still: doing so while those whom you call your "siblings in Islam" are being devoured by hunger day after day.🧵

I repeat—listen to the sounds coming from Gaza. Their voices are terrifying. Their words are heavy. Let them tear through your cocoon of comfort and deafening fog of fame.

Respectfully, let it be your Dīn that holds you back from this distastefulness.🧵

If not your Dīn, then let it be your Murū’ah—your sense of honour and chivalrous decency.

And if you can’t even summon that, then let it at least be your humanity.

May Allah guide you and help you feel again.🤲🏻

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