The ruling on using suppositories via the rectum for the fasting person
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The questioner:
Taking suppositories through the rectum, does that break the fast, or is it like the urethra?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not like the urethra. It goes to the stomach, dissolves, and goes to the stomach, and the walls of the stomach absorb it. I mean, if the doctors were asked about it and they said that the walls of the stomach absorb it, is it not permissible for the fasting person?
The questioner:
In cooking and other things. This matter, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Taking suppositories through the rectum, does that break the fast, or is it like the urethra?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not like the urethra. It goes to the stomach, dissolves, and goes to the stomach, and the walls of the stomach absorb it. I mean, if the doctors were asked about it and they said that the walls of the stomach absorb it, is it not permissible for the fasting person?
The questioner:
In cooking and other things. This matter, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: في بيان مفسدات الصوم — islamhouse.com (1:03:15)
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