Barakah
Definition
Barakah is the invisible divine blessing that attaches to lawful provision and multiplies the benefit of what might otherwise seem insufficient. Al-Ghazali argues that the same meal eaten with bismillah, gratitude, and moderation nourishes differently than the same meal eaten heedlessly or in excess. The barakah that Allah places in food is not magical but real — it operates through the transformed state of the heart that performs the act of eating with consciousness. The early Muslims were known to eat simple food and find it sufficient; those who eat in heedlessness find elaborate meals leave them still unsatisfied.
As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.
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