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Tuesday, 13 August 2024 10:03
Using Medication While Fasting – Part One
1. While fasting, if a person took an enema, the fast will break and only qadha will be waajib. [1]
2. It is permissible to use eye-drops while fasting. The fast will not be nullified. [2] However, using ear-drops and nose-drops while fasting is not permissible and will nullify the fast. Only Qadha will be compulsory. [3]
3. It is permissible for a fasting person to apply surmah to the eyes and apply oil to the head or body during the day. After applying surmah, even if one sees the colour of the surmah in one’s saliva or in one’s mucus that comes out of the nose, the fast will not break. [4]