Hadiths for Category: Reason for Fasting
عن زرارة، عن الصادق عليه السلام قال: لكل شئ زكاة، وزكاة الأجساد الصيام.
Imam Jafar(as) says: Everything has a Zakat, and the Zakat of bodies is fasting.
Ref: Wasa'il al-Shia Vol 10, Page 8
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عن هشام بن الحكم، أنه سأل أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن علة الصيام؟ فقال: إنما فرض الله الصيام ليستوي به الغني والفقير، وذلك أن الغني لم يكن ليجد مس الجوع فيرحم الفقير، لان الغني كلما أراد شيئا قدر عليه، فأراد الله تعالى أن يسوي بين خلقه، وأن يذيق الغني مس الجوع والألم ليرق على الضعيف ويرحم الجائع.
From Hisham bin Al-Hakam, that he asked Imam Jafar (peace be upon him) about the reason for fasting. He said: Allah made fasting obligatory so that the rich and poor would become equal through it, and that is because the rich would not experience the touch of hunger to have mercy on the poor, for whenever the rich person wants something he is able to get it. So Allah the Most High wanted to make His creation equal, and to make the rich taste the touch of hunger and pain so that they would be compassionate towards the weak and have mercy on the hungry.
Ref: Wasa'il al-Shia Vol 10, Page 7
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