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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Suppositories and Insulin for the Fasting Person

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The questioner:
The questioner says: People with diabetes have a chronic condition. Regarding insulin, and also the suppositories that are taken other than through the mouth,

The Shaykh:
the fasting person should avoid what reaches his stomach. Suppositories that reach his stomach, which the intestines absorb and which reach his stomach, he should leave them for the night. As for the second matter, which is

The questioner:
insulin is not nourishing, Shaykh Salih.

The Shaykh:
If it is taken intramuscularly, there is no harm. But if it is taken intravenously, it is not permissible. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/104 — archive.org (3:14)

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