Verily I say, there is a great station before God for fasting and prayer, but the favour therein exists when in health; when in feebleness, this action is not allowed. This is the Commandment of the True One both in the past and in the future.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Compilations, Baha'i Prayers 9, p. 14
Some people lay stress on fasting. They affirm that in augmenting the weakness of the body they develop a spiritual sensibility and thus they think to approach God. Weakening one's self physically does not necessarily contribute to spiritual progress. Humility, kindness, resignation, and all these spiritual attributes emanating from great physical strength are acceptable to God....Were physical weakness a virtue the dead would be perfect, for they can do nothing.
- Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 98
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