And the Prohibition of Allah -azwj Blessed and High is a...

And the Prohibition of Allah -azwj Blessed and High is a Mercy from it for the Believers, and a Consideration that perhaps they may harm themselves and their families among whom would be the weak, and the young, and the parents, and the dying old man, and the aged woman, those who cannot be patient upon the hunger. Therefore, if I -asws were to give my -asws bread in charity, and there was no bread other than it with me -asws , they (family) would waste away and die of hunger.