Chapter on the Reason for the Obligation of Fasting
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 1
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 1
Chapter on the Reason for the Obligation of Fasting
وَ كَتَبَ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: لِمَ فَرَضَ اَللَّهُ اَلصَّوْمَ فَوَرَدَ فِي اَلْجَوَابِ «لِيَجِدَ اَلْغَنِيُّ مَسَّ اَلْجُوعِ فَيَمُنَّ عَلَى اَلْفَقِيرِ.
Hamza ibn Muhammad wrote to Abu Muhammad عليه السلام asking: "Why did Allah سبحانه وتعالى make fasting obligatory?" The response came (from Imam عليه السلام): "So that the rich may feel the pain of hunger and thus show generosity to the poor."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh