What is the ruling on using eye drops during the day in Ramadan?
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Question:
Does using eye drops during the day in Ramadan break the fast or not?
Answer:
The precaution is to leave them and use them at night. Is that the precaution? Because they may go down to the throat and he may taste them in his throat. So the precaution is for the fasting person to avoid them until night. Some scholars have mentioned that if he puts something in his eye and tastes it in his throat, it invalidates his fast. So the matter is serious. Therefore, staying away from this and leaving the treatment of the eye with drops or anything else until night is safer for the Muslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Does using eye drops during the day in Ramadan break the fast or not?
Answer:
The precaution is to leave them and use them at night. Is that the precaution? Because they may go down to the throat and he may taste them in his throat. So the precaution is for the fasting person to avoid them until night. Some scholars have mentioned that if he puts something in his eye and tastes it in his throat, it invalidates his fast. So the matter is serious. Therefore, staying away from this and leaving the treatment of the eye with drops or anything else until night is safer for the Muslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم استعمال قطرة العين في نهار رمضان؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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