The Ruling on Pain-Relieving Injections During Fasting

Question:
We are taking a call from Faisal in Jeddah. Go ahead, Faisal. Hello, peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. Good evening, may Allah make your evening happy and pleasant. Please, raise your voice a little. Shaykh, the problem with injections for joint and muscle pain: do they break the fast? Okay, thank you. Do pain-relieving injections for muscles break the fast?

Answer:
My brother, injections differ. Nutritional injections break the fast because they take the place of food and drink, and this is the consensus of the scholars. As for the injections that are taken through the vein and travel with the blood, the scholars differed on them. Some said that they break the fast because they travel with the blood and spread throughout the body, activating it. Others said that as long as they do not provide nutrition, they do not break the fast. The most likely view, and Allah knows best, is the first opinion: that they break the fast if taken through the vein.
The third category is injections that are taken under the skin. They are not nutritional and are not injected into the vein; rather, they are taken under the skin for any of various purposes. These do not break the fast because they do not reach the stomach and do not nourish the body, so they do not break the fast. Yes.