The ruling on a fasting person receiving injections, and which ones break the fast and which do not
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Is the injection, that is, the needle, one of the things that break the fast or not?
Answer:
If the injection is nourishing, it is one of the things that break the fast, because it is equivalent to food and drink. As for a non-nourishing injection, there is scholarly disagreement regarding it. Some say that if it is in the vein, it also breaks the fast, because it follows the course of the blood and circulates through the body. However, if it is in the muscle, it does not break the fast. This distinction is the closest to the truth. Others say that as long as it is not nourishing, it does not break the fast at all, whether in the vein or in the muscle. But is the first opinion, or rather, is it the more cautious one?
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Is the injection, that is, the needle, one of the things that break the fast or not?
Answer:
If the injection is nourishing, it is one of the things that break the fast, because it is equivalent to food and drink. As for a non-nourishing injection, there is scholarly disagreement regarding it. Some say that if it is in the vein, it also breaks the fast, because it follows the course of the blood and circulates through the body. However, if it is in the muscle, it does not break the fast. This distinction is the closest to the truth. Others say that as long as it is not nourishing, it does not break the fast at all, whether in the vein or in the muscle. But is the first opinion, or rather, is it the more cautious one?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4789- حكم أخذ الصائم للإبر وما يفطر منها وما لا يفطر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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