Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا has stated, ‘We have never ever eaten until full for three consecutive days, even though we could eat but (instead of eating) we used to give it selflessly’.
(Attargheeb Wattarheeb, vol. 4, pp. 92, Hadees 86)
In the abovementioned Madani parable, regarding the issue of feeding the guest with some food that was kept for children, ‘Allamah Shaykh ‘Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dihlvi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated: ‘The venerated scholars رَحِمَـهُـمُ الـلّٰـهُ الـسَّلَام have deduced from the incident that the children were not hungry, instead, they were asking for food as it is a common habit of the children. Otherwise, if they had been hungry, it was Wajib to feed the hungry children before the guest. How could they have left Wajib (because one who leaves Wajib is a sinner) whereas, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has praised Abu Talhah and his wife رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا.
(Ashi’a-tul-Lam’aat, vol. 4, pp. 740)
From this explanation of Hadees, we have come to know that it is Wajib on the parents to feed the children when they are hungry. A ruling is worth mentioning over here. Though it is permissible to make a child fast in Ramadan-ul-Mubarak, if the child asks for food because of hunger, it will become Wajib for the parents to feed him, whether the child may be fasting for the very first time. If the parents will not feed the child, (in