The ruling on using an asthma inhaler while fasting
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Question:
The questioner: Peace be upon you. He says: I have a sensitivity regarding patience, and I use an inhaler. Does this inhaler break the fast?
Answer:
By Allah, I have a doubt about it, but the Permanent Committee has issued a fatwa permitting it. As for me, I do not see it that way. I hold that if he is justified and unable to do without it, he takes the inhaler and makes up that day, because he is sick, and the sick person breaks his fast and makes up the day. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:184]
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
The questioner: Peace be upon you. He says: I have a sensitivity regarding patience, and I use an inhaler. Does this inhaler break the fast?
Answer:
By Allah, I have a doubt about it, but the Permanent Committee has issued a fatwa permitting it. As for me, I do not see it that way. I hold that if he is justified and unable to do without it, he takes the inhaler and makes up that day, because he is sick, and the sick person breaks his fast and makes up the day. Allah the Exalted said:
whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up]
كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-02-مفتاح السعادة في الدنيا والآخرة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:51)
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