Undergoing Medical Treatment while Fasting

June, 2019

• 27 June

  Dental treatment while Fasting

  Q: I am a dentist. A fasting patient requires urgent treatment e.g. extraction or draining abscess. 1. Will this be permissible while fasting? Bear in mind an injection is required blood flows from the extraction site water may be put into the patient’s mouth 2. Will the fast need to …

July, 2011

• 2 July

  Cupping whilst Fasting

  Q: If a person undergoes cupping whilst fasting does the fast become nullified? A: Undergoing cupping whilst fasting does not nullify the fast. However, if through past experiences one knows that cupping causes physical weakness then in that case it will be Makrooh to undergo cupping whilst fasting. (أو اكتحل …
• 2 July

  Going to a Gynaecologist for a Check-up whilst Fasting

  Q: What is the Shar’ee ruling regarding a woman who goes to the gynaecologist for a check-up whilst fasting? Does the fast become nullified through the gynaecologist inserting medication into the private organ? A: If medication or any moist substance is inserted into the private organ of a fasting woman …
• 2 July

  Using an Inhaler (pump) while Fasting

  Q: Is it permissible for an asthma patient to use an inhaler (pump) while fasting? The inhaler contains salbutamol (liquid medication). If one’s fast breaks through using the inhaler, then will qadha and kaffarah become waajib or only qadha? A: Using the inhaler (pump) while fasting will nullify the fast …
• 2 July

  Breaking a Fast on the Advice of a Doctor

  Q: A person while fasting in the month of Ramadhaan had fallen ill. The doctor advised him to break his fast. Is he sinful for doing so and will both qadha and kaffarah be waajib or only qadha? A: If one is unable to continue the fast, then it is permissible for …
• 2 July

  Using a Drip whilst Fasting

  Q: Does the use of a drip whilst fasting nullify the fast? A: Using a drip whilst fasting does not nullify the fast. والمفطر إنما هو الداخل من المنافذ (رد المحتار على در المختار ج2 ص395) وما وصل إلى الجوف أو إلى الدماغ من المخارق الأصلية كالأنف والأذن والدبر بأن استعط …
• 2 July

  Taking an Injection while Fasting

  Q: Is it permissible for a person to take an injection while fasting and will the fast be nullified? A: It is permissible for a person to take an injection while fasting. The injection does not nullify the fast. والمفطر إنما هو الداخل من المنافذ (رد المحتار على در المختار …
• 2 July

  Taking Insulin whilst Fasting

  Q: Is it permissible for a diabetic to take an insulin injection whilst fasting and will it nullify the fast? A: Taking an insulin injection whilst fasting is permissible. The insulin does not nullify the fast. والمفطر إنما هو الداخل من المنافذ (رد المحتار على در المختار ج2 ص395) وما …