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O Allah, Satisfy every Hungry Person.Experiencing Hunger
One of the philosophies behind fasting in the holy month of Ramadan is to experience hunger and thereby
understand the situation of those who are hungry and cannot afford to satisfy
themselves properly. The following tradition quoted by Mawla Fayd Kashani from
Man La Yahduruhu'I Faqih, speaks of the same: Imam al-Sadiq ('a) in an authentic
narration whilst explaining the philosophy of fasting says: Allah,
the Exalted and Glorious, desired to maintain equality between His creatures and
make the rich experience hunger and pain so that he may have pity on the weak
and mercy on the hungry one.26 Causes of Hunger Hunger
is a widespread problem in today's world and has several causes, which may be
classified into two kinds: self-related and external. The source of the self-related
causes is the sufferer himself, whereas external causes stem from the society
and other natural phenomena. To discuss both these kinds of causes is beyond the
scope of this limited commentary . It is important however to study the limitations
of these causes so that we may be able to struggle to avoid or eradicate them
easily. The subject under discussion, as can be observed clearly, is also closely
related to poverty . We had earlier mentioned the fact that every dependent thing
stands by Allah's permission. Hence, if Allah (swt) does not want _________________26 Mawla Fayd Kishani, al-Mahajjat al-Bayda', v.2, p. 124.
