The things that invalidate fasting.

The Shaykh : So let us return now to the things from which one abstains physically. We say: The things from which one abstains physically are eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse. This is mentioned in the saying of Allah the Exalted: . How many are these? How many are the things from which one abstains? Eating, drinking, and sexual intercourse. This is in the Qur'an, and they invalidate the fast by the consensus of the Muslims. And among these—among the things that break the fast—is what is in the meaning of eating and drinking. That is: what substitutes for eating and drinking, what substitutes for eating and drinking, such as nourishing injections, nourishing injections that suffice in place of eating and drinking. As for non-nourishing ones, they do not break the fast, whether a person injects them into the thigh, the vein, the artery, or anything else. One does not break the fast with injections—meaning injections—except for what is nourishing? What substitutes for eating and drinking. This is what breaks the fast, because it is in the meaning of eating and drinking. Since the body is nourished by it. These are four.
The fifth: Ejecting semen by the action of the person, meaning: that he performs an action by which semen is ejected, whether he kissed his wife and ejaculated, or embraced her and ejaculated, or something similar to that. This breaks the fast. Or if he masturbated with his hand, or on a pillow or on a bed until semen came out, then it breaks the fast and invalidates his fast. If someone were to say: What is the evidence? If someone were to say: What is the evidence? How do you invalidate a worship created by Allah without evidence? So we say: This is a valid objection. Any person who invalidates any worship from the acts of worship, what is required of him? He requires evidence, otherwise it is not permissible for him to dictate regarding the worship of Allah. And to say to this person: Your worship is valid. And to say to that person: Your worship is invalid. It is not possible. So the answer is: Perhaps one can cite as evidence what came in the Qudsi Hadith narrated by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from his Lord, where Allah says: . And semen is a desire. Semen is a desire. And the evidence is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): meaning that if a man has intercourse with his wife, it is a charity. . This is the evidence, or this is the establishment of the evidence that ejaculation by the action of the person invalidates the fast. Now, what about pre-seminal fluid? If a person kissed his wife and emitted pre-seminal fluid, does it invalidate his fast? No. It does not invalidate it. And it is not possible to analogize the emission of pre-seminal fluid to ejaculation because of the clear difference between them. Now, how many have we counted? Five. Now.
The sixth: Ejecting vomit intentionally, ejecting vomit intentionally. Vomiting is known to be the expulsion by a person of what is in his stomach of food and drink. If he intends it—pay attention, my brother!—if he intends it. But if vomiting overcomes him, it does not harm him. What did we say about vomiting? - No, the question is specific. You. Yes, yes, you. You, stand up. Does vomiting invalidate the fast or not?
The student: If he intends it, it invalidates it.

The Shaykh : If he intends it, it invalidates it. If he does not intend it, it does not invalidate it. May Allah bless you. Perfect. The evidence for this is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): . And here is a question: If you feel the urge to vomit, are you required to hold it back and prevent it?
The answer: No. It is not obligatory. And there is harm in this for you, because if the stomach is agitated, it must expel what is in it. So do not prevent it. Let it come out. But do not you bring it on. And there is a difference between bringing it on and the stomach being agitated until what is in it comes out. The first is by the action of the person, and the second is without his action. How many is this? Six.
The seventh: Ejecting blood by cupping, ejecting blood by cupping. Meaning, if a fasting person undergoes cupping and blood comes out of him, his fast is invalidated. Do we need evidence or not? I ask you. Do we need evidence? Yes, we need it. I mentioned to you now that every person who says this worship is invalid. Say: You require evidence. You require evidence. And it is not permissible for a person to say to people: Your worships are invalid, except with evidence, because if he invalidates a worship that a person performed for his Lord, he has fabricated a lie against Allah, except with evidence. What is the evidence? The evidence is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
. And this hadith is authentic according to Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him); he authenticated it and acted upon it. And Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) established this and affirmed it in his small book titled: The Reality of Fasting. He established this and affirmed it. And he explained that it is the stronger position. Even though some scholars say: Cupping does not break the fast. But the correct view is that it breaks the fast. Now. Does a nosebleed break the fast or not? If it overcomes a person, it does not break the fast, there is no dispute in this. If a person’s nose bleeds, his nose bleeds and a lot of blood comes out. It does not invalidate his fast. Why? Because it is without intention, and by analogy to vomiting. If vomiting overcomes a person, it does not break the fast. This is also like it. Now. If a person puts his finger in his nose to clean it and a nosebleed occurs, does it break the fast or not? It does not break the fast. Why? Because he did not intend this, he did not intend to bring out the blood, unlike the one who went to the cupper and said: Cup me. Is this seven? Seven. Now.
The eighth: The emergence of menstrual blood and post-natal bleeding, meaning: if a woman’s blood comes out while she is fasting, her fast is invalidated, I mean by that menstruation or post-natal bleeding. So if a woman menstruates five minutes before the setting of the sun, is her fast invalidated or not? Yes, it is invalidated. And if she menstruates one minute after the setting of the sun, her fast is not invalidated. As for what is popular among women, they say: If a woman menstruates before she prays Maghrib, even if it is after the setting of the sun, her fast is invalid. This is not correct. When the sun has set and she has not menstruated, her fasting is valid, even if she felt that the menstruation had started before the setting of the sun but it did not come out until after the setting of the sun, her fasting is complete and valid. Because nothing came out, even if she did not pray. What is the criterion? The setting of the sun and the emergence of the blood. Post-natal bleeding is the same. Now. The blood of irregular non-menstrual bleeding. The blood called corrupt blood, does it invalidate the fast? No. It does not invalidate the fast except the blood of menstruation or the blood of post-natal bleeding. So we now have eight. But the eighth is in reality without the choice of the person, except that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the menstruating woman, establishing the ruling: . And the first seven we count now: eating, drinking, sexual intercourse, ejaculation by his action, vomiting, cupping, what is in the meaning of eating and drinking, seven.