Fasting in the month of Ramazan is an obligation on all Muslims which one can only leave if health condition doesn’t permit or one is travelling. But do you know how leaving fasting without reason is a great loss?
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said “Whoever breaks a fast of Ramadan without an excuse or dispensation could not requite it by fasting a lifetime, were he to do so.” [Tirmidhi]
It means that fasting for the whole year cannot cover the loss of reward if someone leaves an obligatory fast in the holy month of Ramadan.
In another hadith Muhammad (PBUH) said: “Every deed of the son of Adam will be multiplied between ten and seven hundred times. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, said: Except fasting. It is for Me and I shall reward for it. He gives up his desires and his food for My sake.” (Muslim 1151)