What is the ruling on using an asthma inhaler during the day in Ramadan? I ask Allah to grant you health.
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The questioner : The questioner says: O honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on using an asthma inhaler during the day in Ramadan? I ask Allah to grant you health.
The Shaykh : Yes, the asthma inhaler is of two types: one is like pills, meaning tablets, where one presses on something called a gun, and it enters the throat; this breaks the fast. If a person needs it, he breaks his fast, and praise be to Allah, the matter is broad, and he makes up the fast.
The other type is nothing but air, oxygen; this does not break the fast because it does not reach the stomach. It only opens the pores of the blood vessels for breathing. This does not break the fast. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the asthma inhaler is of two types: one is like pills, meaning tablets, where one presses on something called a gun, and it enters the throat; this breaks the fast. If a person needs it, he breaks his fast, and praise be to Allah, the matter is broad, and he makes up the fast.
The other type is nothing but air, oxygen; this does not break the fast because it does not reach the stomach. It only opens the pores of the blood vessels for breathing. This does not break the fast. Yes.