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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Effect of an Asthma Inhaler on the Fasting of the Fasting Person

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Question:
This questioner asks about the asthma inhaler: Does the asthma inhaler break the fast?

Answer:
By Allah, this is a point of difficulty. It is better for him to postpone it until the night. Otherwise, the Permanent Committee has issued a ruling that there is no harm in taking or using the inhaler for asthma; they issued a ruling on this. However, a report came from the doctors stating that this inhaler contains medicine and contains water, and that it goes to the throat, so a difficulty arose regarding this. And for him to avoid it and use it at night, there is no doubt that it is safer for his conscience and more cautious. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source شرح كتاب الصيام من بلوغ المرام، بلوغ المرام باب الصيام [02] — alfawzan.live (36:40)

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