Kohl in the Daytime of Ramadan
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Swallowing Food Residues by the Fasting Person
What is in the Mouth
Question: If some food remains between the teeth of the fasting person, is that considered one of the things that break the fast if he swallows it? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: If the fasting person wakes up and finds some food residue in his teeth, this does not affect his fast, but he must spit out these residues and get rid of them, and they do not affect his fast unless he swallows them. If he intentionally swallows something that remained in his teeth, then this invalidates his fast. However, if he swallows it while ignorant or forgetful, this does not affect his fast. The Muslim should strive to keep his mouth and teeth clean after eating, whether he is fasting or not, because cleanliness is required of the Muslim.
[Kohl in the Daytime of Ramadan]
Question: Does applying eye drops or kohl affect the fasting person, and what are the things the fasting person must avoid so that they do not affect his fast? Please inform us, may Allah reward you?
Answer: What is placed in the eye, whether drops or kohl, if its taste is found in his throat, it breaks his fast according to many scholars, because the eye is a passage. If the taste of what he placed in it, whether liquid or solid, reaches his throat and he senses its taste, and he was intentional in placing it in his eye, then in that case it affects his fast because it is like eating something or drinking something that reaches his throat. Therefore, the Muslim should not be lax in this matter. If he is accustomed to applying kohl or treating the eye, let him do so at night. As for the daytime of fasting, he must avoid these things to preserve his fast from things that affect it.
The fasting person must avoid many things, some of which invalidate his fast, and some of which diminish his reward or nullify his reward without invalidating the fast, meaning that he is required to make up the fast in those cases.
As for those that invalidate the fast and he must avoid them:
Such as eating and drinking intentionally, and sexual intercourse, as well as what is equivalent to eating and drinking, and taking medications and injections that reach his stomach and circulate in his veins, for this is equivalent to eating and drinking and invalidates his fast.
Also, vomiting and purging intentionally.
And among the things that invalidate the fast: Drawing out a large amount of blood by cupping, or bloodletting, or donating blood, or drawing blood to treat a patient, this is also among the things that invalidate the fast, and making up the fast is required.As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , so these are matters that if a person engages in them, they invalidate his fast, and he is required to make up the day he invalidated with them.
And there are things forbidden for the fasting person that diminish his reward or nullify his reward,But he is not ordered to make up the fast: Such as backbiting, talebearing, and speaking falsehood, and cursing and lying, and other forbidden matters.
Also, forbidden looking, and listening to forbidden things such as listening to entertainment, songs, and flutes, and the like. All of this affects the fast, meaning that it diminishes the reward of the fasting person or nullifies the reward of the fasting person, but he is not ordered to make up the fast because these are spiritual things that break the fast, not physical things that break the fast.
What is in the Mouth
Question: If some food remains between the teeth of the fasting person, is that considered one of the things that break the fast if he swallows it? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: If the fasting person wakes up and finds some food residue in his teeth, this does not affect his fast, but he must spit out these residues and get rid of them, and they do not affect his fast unless he swallows them. If he intentionally swallows something that remained in his teeth, then this invalidates his fast. However, if he swallows it while ignorant or forgetful, this does not affect his fast. The Muslim should strive to keep his mouth and teeth clean after eating, whether he is fasting or not, because cleanliness is required of the Muslim.
[Kohl in the Daytime of Ramadan]
Question: Does applying eye drops or kohl affect the fasting person, and what are the things the fasting person must avoid so that they do not affect his fast? Please inform us, may Allah reward you?
Answer: What is placed in the eye, whether drops or kohl, if its taste is found in his throat, it breaks his fast according to many scholars, because the eye is a passage. If the taste of what he placed in it, whether liquid or solid, reaches his throat and he senses its taste, and he was intentional in placing it in his eye, then in that case it affects his fast because it is like eating something or drinking something that reaches his throat. Therefore, the Muslim should not be lax in this matter. If he is accustomed to applying kohl or treating the eye, let him do so at night. As for the daytime of fasting, he must avoid these things to preserve his fast from things that affect it.
The fasting person must avoid many things, some of which invalidate his fast, and some of which diminish his reward or nullify his reward without invalidating the fast, meaning that he is required to make up the fast in those cases.
As for those that invalidate the fast and he must avoid them:
Such as eating and drinking intentionally, and sexual intercourse, as well as what is equivalent to eating and drinking, and taking medications and injections that reach his stomach and circulate in his veins, for this is equivalent to eating and drinking and invalidates his fast.
Also, vomiting and purging intentionally.
And among the things that invalidate the fast: Drawing out a large amount of blood by cupping, or bloodletting, or donating blood, or drawing blood to treat a patient, this is also among the things that invalidate the fast, and making up the fast is required.As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The one who performs cupping and the one who is cupped break their fast
أفطر الحاجم والمحجومAnd there are things forbidden for the fasting person that diminish his reward or nullify his reward,But he is not ordered to make up the fast: Such as backbiting, talebearing, and speaking falsehood, and cursing and lying, and other forbidden matters.
Also, forbidden looking, and listening to forbidden things such as listening to entertainment, songs, and flutes, and the like. All of this affects the fast, meaning that it diminishes the reward of the fasting person or nullifies the reward of the fasting person, but he is not ordered to make up the fast because these are spiritual things that break the fast, not physical things that break the fast.