A patient uses a tube for medication, which is air that enters the lungs; is this tube considered to break the fast?
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Question:
He says: A patient with asthma, a respiratory disease, uses a tube for medication, which is air that enters the lungs. Is this tube considered to break the fast, or is it not permissible for him to use it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is one of the difficult issues. The matter of a fasting person using the inhaler used for asthma is one of the difficult issues. So, if the fasting person avoids this and delays it until night, if he is able to do so, that is better. As for delving into the details of it, that requires knowing what this inhaler contains. If it is merely air, as the questioner mentioned, then there is nothing wrong with it, and it does not harm the fast. However, if it contains water, a watery substance, and medicinal substances, and these things enter the stomach of the fasting person, then it breaks his fast. Consequently, it is not permissible for him to use it. And if he is compelled to use it, he is considered among the sick people for whom it is permissible to seek treatment and break the fast, and they make up the days from other days. Yes.
He says: A patient with asthma, a respiratory disease, uses a tube for medication, which is air that enters the lungs. Is this tube considered to break the fast, or is it not permissible for him to use it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is one of the difficult issues. The matter of a fasting person using the inhaler used for asthma is one of the difficult issues. So, if the fasting person avoids this and delays it until night, if he is able to do so, that is better. As for delving into the details of it, that requires knowing what this inhaler contains. If it is merely air, as the questioner mentioned, then there is nothing wrong with it, and it does not harm the fast. However, if it contains water, a watery substance, and medicinal substances, and these things enter the stomach of the fasting person, then it breaks his fast. Consequently, it is not permissible for him to use it. And if he is compelled to use it, he is considered among the sick people for whom it is permissible to seek treatment and break the fast, and they make up the days from other days. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، المريض يستعمل أنبوبة للدواء، وهي عبارة عن هواء يدخل إلى الرئتين، هل هذه الأنبوبة تعتبر مفطرة للصائم؟ — youtube.com
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