Question
I do not fast. Will I be
punished on the Day of Resurrection?
Answer
Praise be to Allaah.
Fasting in Ramadan is one of the pillars on which Islam is built.
Allaah tells us that He has prescribed it for the believers of this ummah
[nation], as He prescribed it for those who came before them. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Observing As-Sawm (the fasting) is prescribed
for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become
Al-Muttaqoon (the pious”
[al-Baqarah 2:183]
