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Subject: Fast?

Author:
Faisal

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Date Posted: 10:12:09 02/09/03 Sun
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Asalamu Alykum, All Praise be to Allah.

I have asthma, and I have to take inhalers 2 times a day. I wanted to know if I can still fast, and that my fast would be accepted if I take my inhalers throughout the day while I�m fasting. I know that people who have health issues that require them to take medication are not required to fast, however, I feel healthy enough on most days to go ahead and fast, as long as I take my inhalers. I would appreciate it if you could clarify this for me.

Jazakullah Khair

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Laila Nasheeba
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Date Posted: 11:00:42 02/09/03 Sun
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As Saalamu Alaikoum,

Praise be to Allah.

In regards to does using in inhaler break your fast:

Using a puffer for asthma during the day in Ramadaan does not invalidate the fast.

The puffer used for asthma does not invalidate the fast because it is a pressurized gas that goes to the lungs, and is not food, and it is something that is always needed, in Ramadaan and at other times.

Fataawa al-Da�wah, Ibn Baaz, no. 979.

Shaykh Ibn �Uthaymeen said:

This puffer evaporates and does not reach the stomach, so in this case we say that there is nothing wrong with using this puffer when you are fasting, and you do not break your fast by doing that.

Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam, p. 475

The scholars of the Standing Committee said:

The asthma medication that the patient uses by inhaling it reaches the lungs via the trachea and does not reach the stomach, so it is not food or drink or anything of the sort� So it seems that the fast is not broken by using this medicine.

Fataawa Islamiyyah, 1/130

AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST

Laila Nasheeba