 أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله عليه وسلم على سيدنا محمد وآله الطيبين الطاهرين رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم has been narrated saying إن للجنة بابا يدعى الريان لا يدخلوا منه الا صائمون in heaven there is a special gate to heaven يدخل الريان those who are full full that they've had enough of food or drink الريان لا يدخلوا منه الا صائمون only those who fasted in this life are allowed to enter from this gate to paradise fasting is an opportunity my dear friends it's a blessing and it's an opportunity that not everyone gets to have there are some people they don't have the trophy they don't have the trophy they make excuses 70 80 excuses not to fast I travel I work I need my coffee I'm feeling ill I'm feeling sick and so on and so forth while this could be true many possibly many people who makes make excuses for fasting maybe their excuses are true but there are some that make the simplest of excuses for a simple illness although that someone who is ill should not fast but varies from illness to illness there are some illnesses where you completely cannot fast while in other illnesses you can fast it's not a general law there are some people that make excuses not to fast while fasting is a trophy it's an opportunity there are some people that spend a lifetime they stop fasting they don't fast or they stop fasting at a very early age at the age of 50 60 70 they stop fasting it's an opportunity don't let this opportunity pass this year you're healthy you have the opportunity to fast don't pass up this opportunity because maybe next year we won't be in this life or you won't have the health to fast fasting in itself is beautiful you hold yourself you control yourself you control your desires along with millions of others it's a beautiful season it's a beautiful moment it's a beautiful month those who fast in this life there's a special door for them in heaven called only those who fast it will be able to access heaven from this door from this gate no one else we ask Allah to enter heaven from this door the gate of السلام عليكم