A hadith study of the effects of “forty days of not eating meat” on mental health

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There are some religious advices on proper nutrition due to its important role in physical and mental health, including several narrations that speak of the effect of not eating meat for forty days on misbehavior.

This descriptive-analytical paper scientifically studies the narrations deal with the effect of forty days of not eating meat on mental health.

Findings show that: 1-Meat contains proteins, fats and fatty acids, vitamins and minerals.

These minerals play an essential role in the diet and are vital for the function of many organs, especially the nervous system.

Lack of them will lead to depression, anxiety, weakness, aggression, lethargy and Alzheimer’s disease.

2- Misbehavior does not necessarily mean aggression and anger, but rather that the meat contains substances and elements that, if left out, may disrupt the functioning of the nervous and mental systems.

3- According to the Qur’anic and hadith evidences, they specifically refer to the number “forty”- due to the effect of this number of days.

Experimental findings generally discuss the effect of not eating meat on the functioning of the nervous and mental systems, but the fact that according to the narrations, not eating meat for forty days causes such a disorder requires another laboratory study.