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. -. .ill 'i .- ૻ ż - - U-Pl u.Jࣩ u;.. r _)\ "While I was sleeping, two men came to me and took hold of my arms. They brought me to a steep mountain and said, 'Climb.' I said, 'I am not able to.' They said, 'We will make it easy for you.' So I climbed until I came to the summit of the mountain where I heard terrible cries. I said, 'What are these cries?' They said, 'Those are the cries of the inhabitants of the Fire.' Then they took me further until I came to a people who were strung up by their hamstrings, and their jawbones were tom and flowing with blood. I said, 'Who are these people?' He said, 'Those are the people who break their fast before the time it was permissible to do so. "'1 The Ruling Concerning One who Does Not Fast If a person denies the obligation of the fast, he becomes a disbeliever. Its obligatory status is confirmed in the Quran and numerous hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him). As for the one who believes in the fast but does not fast, there is a hadith which states, • - l - ,, _ - -