Do enemas break the fast?

Question : Does the enema, which consists of water mixed with some medicines, that is administered to a patient through the anus to relieve his belly if he is constipated, does it break the fast?

Answer : The enema that patients use for constipation is a matter on which scholars have differed. Some held that it breaks the fast, based on the principle that anything reaching the cavity breaks the fast. Others said it does not break the fast, and among those who said this is Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. He said that this is not eating or drinking, nor is it the equivalent of eating and drinking. I see that one should look to the opinion of the doctors in this matter. If they say that this is like eating and drinking, it must be treated as such and becomes a fast-breaker. If they say that it does not give the body what eating and drinking give, then it does not break the fast. Yes.