[COLOR="purple"][COLOR="Red"]NOT FASTING ON A DAY OF RAMADAN WITHOUT EXCUSE
From: The Major Sins (Al-Kaba'r)
By: Muhammad Bin 'Uthman Adh-Dhahabi
Footnotes Added by CalgaryIslam Editoral Staff
Allah Most High says:
O you who believe, fasting is ordained for you, as it was ordained for
those before you, in order that you may be conscious of Allah - (fasting) for
a fixed number of days. But if any of you is ill or o­n a journey, the (required)
number (is to be made up ) of other days. (aI-Baqarah 2: 183-184)
Ibn ‘Umar reported Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم
as saying: “Islam is based o­n five things: The Shahadah (witnessing that there is no deity except Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger); the prayer; the Zakat; the Hajj; and the Sawn (fasting) during Ramadan.” (Bukhari and Muslim)
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم
said: “The o­ne who did not fast o­n a (particular)
day of Ramadan without a (valid) excuse will not be able to make it up by fasting a (whole) lifetime, even if he were to do that.” [1]
Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘Islam and the principles of religion are tied together by three things: Witnessing that there is no deity except Allah, the prayer, and fasting during Ramadan.’ If anyone abandons any of these, he becomes an unbeliever. We seek refuge in Allah from that! [2]
FOOTNOTES:
[1] This Hadeeth is Weak As Shaykh Al-Albaanee pointed out in Da'eef Sunan Abu Daawood # 517, Da'eef Al-Jami' #5462, Da'eef Sunan At-Tirmidhee # 115, & Da'eef Ibn Maajah #368.
[2] Shaykh Al-Albaanee Called it Da'eef in Silsilatul Ahaadeeth Ad-Da'eefah # 94 and in his Ta'leeq of fiqhus-Sunnah page #138.[/COLOR][/COLOR]