The ruling on smelling incense and perfume for the fasting person
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The questioner:
This questioner says: Does incense break the fast of the fasting person?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if one intentionally smells incense, it breaks the fast because it stimulates the body and goes to the brain, and they say it moves the blood, the circulation of the blood. If one intentionally smells incense and it enters his nose intentionally, it invalidates his fast. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
As for perfumes, the fasting person may perfume his body and his clothes, and there is no harm in smelling liquid perfumes. That is for the one in ihram who does not perfume himself, but for the fasting person, there is no barrier to perfuming himself except for incense, so he should not smell it. He should not intentionally smell it. And so with powdered perfume. Powdered perfume, like musk. So he should not intentionally smell this either, because it flies up and enters his nostril. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner says: Does incense break the fast of the fasting person?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if one intentionally smells incense, it breaks the fast because it stimulates the body and goes to the brain, and they say it moves the blood, the circulation of the blood. If one intentionally smells incense and it enters his nose intentionally, it invalidates his fast. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
As for perfumes, the fasting person may perfume his body and his clothes, and there is no harm in smelling liquid perfumes. That is for the one in ihram who does not perfume himself, but for the fasting person, there is no barrier to perfuming himself except for incense, so he should not smell it. He should not intentionally smell it. And so with powdered perfume. Powdered perfume, like musk. So he should not intentionally smell this either, because it flies up and enters his nostril. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
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