Third point:

 

Third point: Fasting is related to humanity’s collective life, for God’s decision not to give each person livelihood means that the rich are to help the poor. Without fasting, many rich and self-indulgent people cannot perceive the pain of hunger and poverty, and to what extent the poor need care. Care for one’s fellow beings is a foundation of true thanksgiving.

There is always someone poorer, so everyone must help such people. If people do not suffer hunger, it is nearly impossible for them to do good or help others. Even if they do they can do so only imperfectly, for they do not feel the hungry one’s condition to the same extent.

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi