Things Do Not Break Fasting 2

Part 2

The following things do NOT break
the fast:
* Having the ears syringed; nose
drops and nasal sprays – so long
as one avoids swallowing anything
that reaches the throat.
* Tablets that are placed under the
tongue to treat angina and other
conditions - so long as one avoids
swallowing anything that reaches
the throat.
* Anything inserted into the vagina,
such as pessaries, douches, scopes
or fingers for the purpose of a
medical examination.
* Insertion of a scope or intra-
uterine device (IUD or "coil") and
the like into the uterus.
* Insertion into the urethra – for
males or females – of a catheter,
opaque dye for diagnostic imaging,
medication or solutions for cleansing
the bladder.
* Dental fillings, tooth extractions,
cleaning of the teeth, use of siwaak
or toothbrush - so long as one avoids
swallowing anything that reaches
the throat.
* Rinsing, gargling or applying
topical mouth sprays - so long as
one avoids swallowing anything that
reaches the throat.
* Subcutaneous, intramuscular or
intravenous injections – except for
those used to provide nourishment.
* Oxygen.
* Anaesthetic gases – so long as
the patient is not given nourishing
solutions.
* Medications absorbed through the
skin, such as creams and patches
used to administer medicine and
chemicals.
* Insertion of a catheter into veins
for diagnostic imaging or treatment
of blood vessels in the heart or
other organs.
* Use of a laparoscope (instrument
inserted through a small incision in
the abdomen) to examine the
abdominal cavity or to perform
operations.
* Taking biopsies or samples from
the liver or other organs – so long
as this is not accompanied by the
administration of solutions.
* Gastroscopy – so long as this is
not accompanied by the
administration of solutions or other
substances.
* Introduction of any instrument or
medication to the brain or spinal
column.

Anyone who eats and drinks
deliberately during the day in
Ramadaan with no valid excuse has
committed a grave major sin
(kabeerah), and has to repent and
make up for that fast later on. If he
broke the fast with something
haraam, such as drinking alcohol,
this makes his sin even worse.
Whatever the case, he has to repent
sincerely and do more naafil deeds,
fasting and other acts of worship, so
as to avoid having any shortfall in
his record of obligatory deeds, and
so that Allaah might accept his
repentance.
"If he forgets, and eats and drinks,
then let him complete his fast, for
Allaah has fed him and given him
to drink."
(Reported by al-Bukhaari,Fath, no. 1933).

According to another report, "He does not have to make
the fast up later or offer expiation
(kafaarah)."
If a person sees someone else who
is eating because he has forgotten
that he is fasting, he should remind
him, because of the general meaning
of the aayah (interpretation of the
meaning): "… Help one another in
righteousness and piety…" [al-
Maa’idah 5:2], and the hadeeth,
"if I forget, remind me"; and
because of the principle that this is
an evil action (munkar) that must be
changed. (Majlis Shahr Ramadaan,
Ibn †ﮎ Uthaymeen, p.70)

Those who need to break their fast
in order to save someone whose life
is in danger, may break their fast
and should make it up later on. This
applies in cases where someone is
drowning, or when fires need to be
put out.
If a person is obliged to fast, but he
deliberately has intercourse during
the day in Ramadaan, of his own
free will, where the two "circumcised
parts" (genitals) come together and
the tip of the penis penetrates
either the front or back passage, his
fast is broken, whether or not he
ejaculates, and he has to repent. He
should still fast for the rest of the
day, but he has to make up the fast
later on, and offer expiation
(kafaarah), because of the hadeeth
narrated by Abu Hurayrah (may
Allaah be pleased with him): "Whilst
we were sitting with the Messenger
of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him), a man came
to him and said: †ﮎ O Messenger
of Allaah, am doomed!’ He said,
†ﮎ What is the matter with you?â
€™ He said, †ﮎ I had intercourse
with my wife whilst I was fasting.â
€™ The Messenger of Allaah said, â
€ ﮎ Do you have a slave whom you
could set free?’ He said, â
€ ﮎ No.’ He said, †ﮎ Can you
fast for two consecutive months?â
€™ He said, †ﮎ No.’ He said, â
€ ﮎ Do you have the wherewithal to
feed sixty poor people?’ He
said, †ﮎ No’…" (Reported by
al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 4, no. 1936).

The same ruling also applies in
cases of zinaa (adultery or
fornication), homosexuality and
bestiality.
If a person has intercourse during
the day on more than one day
during Ramadaan, he must offer
expiation for each day, as well as
repeating the fast for each day. Not
knowing that kafaarah is obligatory
is no excuse. (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-
Daa’imah, 10/321).
If a man wants to have intercourse
with his wife but he breaks his fast
by eating first, his sin is more
serious, because he has violated the
sanctity of the month on two counts,
by eating and by having intercourse.
It is even more certain in this case
that expiation is obligatory, and if
he tries to get out of it, that only
makes matters worse. He must
repent sincerely. (See Majmoo’
al-Fataawa, 25/262).
Kissing, hugging, embracing,
touching and repeatedly looking at
one’s wife or concubine, if a man
is able to control himself, is
permissible, because it is reported
in al-Saheehayn from †ﮎ Aaâ
€™ishah (may Allaah be pleased with
her) that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him)
used to kiss and embrace his wives
whilst he was fasting, but he was
the most in control of his desire.
With regard to the hadeeth qudsi,
"he keeps away from his wife for
My sake" , this is referring to
intercourse. But if a person get
aroused quickly and is unable to
control himself, then it is not
permissible for him to kiss or
embrace his wife, because that will
lead to him breaking his fast, as he
cannot be sure that he will be able
to avoid ejaculating or having
intercourse. Allaah says in a hadeeth
qudsi: "and he leaves his desire for
My sake." The Islamic guideline is
that anything that leads to haraam
is also haraam.
If a person is engaged in the act of
intercourse and dawn comes, he is
obliged to withdraw, and his fast will
be valid even if he ejaculates after
withdrawal, but if he continues
having intercourse until after dawn,
he has broken his fast, and he must
repent, make the fast up later, and
offer expiation.
If morning comes and a person is in
a state of janaabah (impurity
following sexual intercourse), this
does not affect his fasting. He or she
is permitted to delay doing ghusl,
whether it is for janaabah or
following menstruation or post-natal
bleeding, until after the sun has
come up, but it is better to hasten
to do ghusl so that one can pray.
If a person who is fasting sleeps and
experiences a wet dream, this does
not break his fast, according to
scholarly consensus (ijmaa’), so
he should complete his fast.
Delaying doing ghusl does not break
the fast, but he should hasten to do
ghusl so that he can pray and so
that the anegls will draw close to
him.
If a person ejaculates during the
day in Ramadaan because of
something that he could have
refrained from, such as touching or
repeatedly looking at a woman, he
must repent to Allaah and fast for
the rest of the day, but he also has
to make up that fast later on. If a
person starts to masturbate but
then stops, and does not ejaculate,
then he has to repent but he does
not have to make the fast up later
on, because he did not ejaculate.
The person who is fasting must keep
away from everything that may
provoke his desire, and he must
repel any bad thoughts that come to
him. However, according to the most
correct opinion, if he emits prostatic
fluid (madhiy), this does not break
his fast.
The emission of wadiy, a thick sticky
substance that comes out after
urination, with no sense of physical
pleasure, does not break the fast,
and a person does not have to do
ghusl, but he does have to do
istinjaa’ (clean his private parts)
and do wudoo’. (Fataawa al-
Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 10/279)
"Whoever vomits unintentionally
does not have to make up the fast
later on, but whoever vomits on
purpose does have to make up the
fast." (Saheeh hadeeth narrated by
al-Tirmidhi, 3/89). A person who
vomits deliberately, by sticking his
finger down his throat or applying
pressure to his stomach, or
deliberately smelling a repulsive
odour, or looking at something that
could make him vomit, is obliged to
make up the fast later on. If he feels
that he is about to vomit, but then
it subsides by itself, this does not
break his fast, because it is not
something that he can control, but
if the vomit comes into his mouth
and he swallows it back down, this
does break the fast. If a person feels
sick in his stomach, he does not
have to suppress the urge to vomit,
because this could cause him harm.
(Majaalis Sharh Ramadaan, Ibn â
€ ﮎ Uthaymeen, 67).