The Wisdom of Hastening to Break the Fast

Question:
And may Allah bless your knowledge. This also leads us to the issue of hastening to break the fast. What is the wisdom behind the command to hasten breaking the fast and delay the pre-dawn meal, Honorable Shaykh?

Answer:
It is gentleness toward people, gentleness toward people. Because a person is prohibited from eating and drinking and consuming what Allah has made lawful, he is gentle with himself and does not torment it, but gives it what Allah has permitted for it, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So his joy when he breaks his fast is by consuming what Allah has permitted for him from the desires he needs, and from which he was prohibited throughout the day. So he hastens to be gentle with himself and give it its need, and he rejoices in that with a natural joy.
As for his joy when he meets his Lord, it is by what he finds for him of the reward Allah has reserved for the fasting person. So the important point, and Allah knows best, is that the wisdom is this: gentleness with the self. This is from one aspect. The second aspect is hastening to obey Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Indeed, Allah has commanded you to break your fast when the sun sets, so you hasten. You abstain when the dawn breaks and you break your fast when the sun sets, in obedience to Allah the Mighty and Majestic. He commanded you to fast, so you fast; He commanded you to break your fast, so you break your fast. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh