Bingöl University Journal of Social Sciences Institute

Abstract

Three things are praised in Islamic thought: these are eating less, sleeping less and speaking less. In contrast with these, eating more, sleeping more and speaking more are devaluated. Since there are so many ayahs and hadiths regarding these three ways of behavior in Koran and Sunnah which are the most basic sources of Islam, these three ways of behavior have turned to be a principle. Mostly adopted by Sufism idealism, these principles are regarded as the body of rules that should fırstly be obeyed by the people who would like to raise their level in religion. Turkish Islamic thinker Erzurumlu İbrahim Hakkı, who lived in the eighteenth century, mentioned about these issues in his famous work “Marifetname” as a religious person. İn the current study, the concept of “eating less” out of the tree behaviors was investigated. This concept was named as “hunger” in Marifetname by Erzurumlu İbrahim Hakkı. İn this study, the references with regard to “eating less” in Islamic sources were putforward. The views of Erzurumlu İbrahim Hakkı were investigated in the context of Marifetname. Content analysis and data analysis techniques were used as the main method in terms of the quality of the study.