The ruling on taking nutritional injections before sunset
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a Muslim who is fasting has not eaten anything and needs some of these nutrients at the end of the day, before sunset, and takes them, Honorable Shaykh, does the fast remain valid, and does he have to make it up?
Answer:
Yes, if he intentionally takes and consumes them before the sun sets, his fast is broken. If it is an obligatory fast, it is forbidden for him to do so, and he must make up that day. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:187], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 1954 Sahih al-Bukhari 1954. However, if it is a voluntary fast, it invalidates his fast, but he is not sinful for it, because one who is performing a voluntary fast may either complete the day’s fast or break it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if a Muslim who is fasting has not eaten anything and needs some of these nutrients at the end of the day, before sunset, and takes them, Honorable Shaykh, does the fast remain valid, and does he have to make it up?
Answer:
Yes, if he intentionally takes and consumes them before the sun sets, his fast is broken. If it is an obligatory fast, it is forbidden for him to do so, and he must make up that day. Allah the Exalted said:
Then complete the fast until the sunset
ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِWhen night falls from this side
إذا أقبل الليل من ها هناand the day vanishes from this side and the sun sets, then the fasting person should break his fast.
وأدبر النهار من ها هنا غربت الشمس فقد أفطر الصائم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 8 من 27|شرح أحاديث الصيام من كتاب المنتقى|باب ما جاء في القيء والاكتحال|صالح الفوزان|الفقه — youtube.com (5:00)
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