If one exaggerates in gargling during the day of Ramadan and some water enters his stomach without his intention, does this break his fast or not?

The questioner : He says: On one of the days of the month of Ramadan, I exaggerated in my ablution for the 'Asr prayer, and a small amount of water entered my stomach while I was not paying attention to it. It happened without my will, and it occurred during the gargling. So I asked about it, and I was told that there is nothing on me in this matter, and that it is obligatory for me to complete my fast until night. I completed my fast. What is obligatory for me in this situation? Is my fast complete, or has the fast become invalid due to the small amount of water entering my stomach? I know that, as I said, I did not intend for that to happen.

The Shaykh : The answer to this is that your fast is valid, because you only put water in your mouth for the sake of gargling, not for the sake of it reaching your stomach. If it reaches there without your will, you do not break your fast with it. However, you should not exaggerate in gargling or in sniffing water while you are fasting, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to al-Qa'ib ibn Simrah: And similarly, if someone draws water with a tube or something like it, and some of it reaches his stomach, he does not break his fast with it, because that is without his will.

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