The Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who was sent as a mercy to all the worlds, was also a man who performed the same necessary actions of daily life as we do, including eating, drinking and sleeping.

In Chapter Two of the book Ash-Shifa of Qadi ‘Iyad, it detailed Allah’s perfecting the Prophet’s good qualities of character and constitution, and giving him all the virtues of the Deen and this world.

Al-Miqdam ibn Ma’dikarib said that the Messenger of Allah said, “The son of Adam does not fill any container worse than his belly. Sufficient for the son of Adam are some morsels to keep his back straight. If there must be [more], then it is a third for his food, a third for his drink and a third for breath,” (1) because the result of a lot of food and drink is a lot of sleep.

Sufyan ath-Thawri said, “By having only a little food, one is able to stay awake at night.” One of the Salaf said, “Do not eat a lot so that you drink a lot and then sleep a lot and lose a lot.”