The ruling on taking nutritional injections during the day in Ramadan
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Question:
This questioner says: Shaykh, in Ramadan I take nutritional injections on the doctor's order, because I have malnutrition and several illnesses, and this has been the case for many years. What is the ruling on taking these injections in Ramadan?
Answer:
Taking them at night is permissible, but taking them during the day while you are fasting invalidates the fast. Nutritional injections invalidate the fast just like food and drink, so they invalidate the fast. However, if you are unable to fast except by taking nutritional injections, then you are sick, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has granted a dispensation for the sick person to break his fast and make up the days from other days. So on the day you take the nutritional injection, you are considered to have broken your fast, but you should abstain from food and drink and make up that day. Yes.
This questioner says: Shaykh, in Ramadan I take nutritional injections on the doctor's order, because I have malnutrition and several illnesses, and this has been the case for many years. What is the ruling on taking these injections in Ramadan?
Answer:
Taking them at night is permissible, but taking them during the day while you are fasting invalidates the fast. Nutritional injections invalidate the fast just like food and drink, so they invalidate the fast. However, if you are unable to fast except by taking nutritional injections, then you are sick, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has granted a dispensation for the sick person to break his fast and make up the days from other days. So on the day you take the nutritional injection, you are considered to have broken your fast, but you should abstain from food and drink and make up that day. Yes.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 23-03-1436هـ — af.org.sa (14:26)
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