The ruling on smelling perfume and agarwood for the fasting person and making up missed fasts
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Question:
We thank you, O Shaykh, for the fact that there are questions, some of which are related to this previous topic, but we will proceed to what we have cut off from, if Allah wills. The questioner asks: Does smelling perfume and agarwood break the fast of the fasting person or not? All types of agarwood,
Answer:
It does not break the fast of the fasting person, provided it is not done with deliberate inhalation. However, he should not inhale it deeply or hold it close to his nose to inhale it; because some of it, if he inhales it deeply, will break his fast. But if he merely passes by it and smells its scent without inhaling it deeply, there is no harm. This applies to agarwood, jawa, and others.
We thank you, O Shaykh, for the fact that there are questions, some of which are related to this previous topic, but we will proceed to what we have cut off from, if Allah wills. The questioner asks: Does smelling perfume and agarwood break the fast of the fasting person or not? All types of agarwood,
Answer:
It does not break the fast of the fasting person, provided it is not done with deliberate inhalation. However, he should not inhale it deeply or hold it close to his nose to inhale it; because some of it, if he inhales it deeply, will break his fast. But if he merely passes by it and smells its scent without inhaling it deeply, there is no harm. This applies to agarwood, jawa, and others.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مفتوح لابن باز ٣-٩-١٤١٧ هـ — archive.org (17:27)
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