Do suppositories break the fast?

Question : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using suppositories during the day in Ramadan if the person fasting is ill?

Answer : The answer is that there is nothing wrong with it. There is nothing wrong for a person to use suppositories inserted through the rectum if he is ill, because this is not eating or drinking, nor is it the equivalent of eating and drinking. The Lawgiver only prohibited eating and drinking for us. Whatever takes the place of eating and drinking is given the ruling of eating and drinking. Whatever does not do so does not fall under drinking, either in wording or in meaning, so the ruling of eating and drinking does not apply to it.