The ruling on swallowing phlegm while fasting and praying
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The jurists mentioned: That phlegm breaks the fast of the fasting person; is it possible to apply this analogy to prayer?Meaning: Like phlegm, does it invalidate the prayer?
First of all—may Allah reward you—the jurists did not reach a consensus on this. In fact, the school of Imam Ahmad contains two opinions: does it break the fast or not?And secondly: The phlegm that breaks the fast is the kind that reaches the mouth. As for the phlegm in the throat that descends to the chest, it does not break the fast. I do not think anyone has phlegm reach their mouth and then swallow it, because it is repulsive, but in any case, most of the Hanbali jurists say: if the phlegm reaches the mouth and then he swallows it, his fast is invalid.
And the analogy of that: If that happens during prayer, the prayer is invalid if we say that this is equivalent to eating. However, it has not come to my attention that they mentioned this regarding prayer. Moreover, the opinion that it breaks the fast if it reaches the mouth and is then swallowed is questionable, because this is not called eating or drinking, and it did not enter his stomach; rather, it never left his stomach, even though the mouth is considered part of the exterior, not the interior.
First of all—may Allah reward you—the jurists did not reach a consensus on this. In fact, the school of Imam Ahmad contains two opinions: does it break the fast or not?And secondly: The phlegm that breaks the fast is the kind that reaches the mouth. As for the phlegm in the throat that descends to the chest, it does not break the fast. I do not think anyone has phlegm reach their mouth and then swallow it, because it is repulsive, but in any case, most of the Hanbali jurists say: if the phlegm reaches the mouth and then he swallows it, his fast is invalid.
And the analogy of that: If that happens during prayer, the prayer is invalid if we say that this is equivalent to eating. However, it has not come to my attention that they mentioned this regarding prayer. Moreover, the opinion that it breaks the fast if it reaches the mouth and is then swallowed is questionable, because this is not called eating or drinking, and it did not enter his stomach; rather, it never left his stomach, even though the mouth is considered part of the exterior, not the interior.