What is the validity of the statement by the author of the book *Fiqh al-Sunnah* that pills taken for headaches do not break the fast of a fasting person?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I read in a book called *Fiqh al-Sunnah* that if a patient takes pills for a headache, and a fasting person eats them, his fast is not invalidated because they are not food. Is this correct?
Answer:
No. *Fiqh al-Sunnah* by Sayyid Sabiq is a mixed work; it contains contemporary fatwas, and it contains jurisprudence—I do not know what it is—and it has mixed matters. It is not reliable. It is not permissible for a fasting person to take medication pills, whether for a headache or for anything else. If he does this intentionally, it invalidates his fast. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I read in a book called *Fiqh al-Sunnah* that if a patient takes pills for a headache, and a fasting person eats them, his fast is not invalidated because they are not food. Is this correct?
Answer:
No. *Fiqh al-Sunnah* by Sayyid Sabiq is a mixed work; it contains contemporary fatwas, and it contains jurisprudence—I do not know what it is—and it has mixed matters. It is not reliable. It is not permissible for a fasting person to take medication pills, whether for a headache or for anything else. If he does this intentionally, it invalidates his fast. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [791 -3022] ما صحة ما قاله صاحب كتاب فقه السنة أن الأقراص التي من أجل الصداع لا تفطر الصائم؟ — youtube.com
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