For many years while growing up if someone asked me why we fast as Muslims, my response was “to understand how the poor feel”, it was widespread amongst family, friends, the media and even religious classes that this was the reason. I never really questioned it as it felt like it made sense and it seemed to be a widespread belief. But as I grew up and became more exposed to Islamic literature, I realised that there was much more to fasting than this, and we should look to the Quran for the reason.
