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2) Being healthy and in a permanent abode are essential for
offering fast. Therefore, those who are sick or travelling do not
have to fast. However, they must make up the days missed.

The Prophet’s (saas) Sayings on Fasting
Our Prophet (saas) stressed the virtue of fasting and
explained its subtleties. In our Prophet’s (saas) hadiths related
to fasting he said:
“The reward on every virtuous deed is increased from ten
to seven hundred times, but the standing Command of
Allah (about fasting) is that the fast is an exception.
There are two moments of special joy for the man who
fasts. One is when he breaks the fast, and this he experi-
ences in his earthly existence, and the other will be in the
Hereafter when he will be presented before the Lord.”
(Sahih Muslim)
The most distinctive feature of fasting is that, it’s unlikely
that one will perform it for display. Therefore, it does not have
the risk of drifting a believer into hypocrisy. It is obligatory
upon all adult Muslims who have no excuse. Our Prophet
(saas) said:
“When the month of Ramadan comes, the gates of the
Garden are thrown open, and the gates of Hell are shut;
and the devils are put behind the bars.” (Sahih al-Bukhari
and Sahih Muslim)
“In Paradise there is a gate which is called Rayyan
through which only the observers of fast would enter on
the Day of Resurrection. None else would enter along
with them. It would be proclaimed: ‘Where are the
observers of fast that they should be admitted into it?’
And when the last of them would enter, it would be closed
and no one would enter it.” (Sahih Muslim, Book 006,
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