What is the ruling on an asthma inhaler? Does it break the fast?
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The questioner : Pardon me, the previous question mentioned placing it in the category of asthma, placing it in the category of an asthma inhaler.
The student : To incense.
Another student: Yes, regarding smoke.
The student : An asthma inhaler.
The Shaykh : This was in the question.
The student: Yes, that is it.
The Shaykh: Go ahead, let us see.
The student : The last question regarding the professor.
The questioner : Is smoke considered one of the things that invalidate fasting? And if so, since it is not a type of food or drink, is it like asthma treatment?
The Shaykh : This, you mentioned it, the asthma treatment inhaler, it might be with something other than the inhaler.
The questioner : No, the inhaler is what is intended.
The Shaykh : That is what is intended.
The questioner : ... and it is sprayed.
The Shaykh : Yes, Allah knows best. The important thing is that the inhaler also breaks the fast, even though it is not like smoke because it is a treatment, but this inhaler is not just plain air. If a person did this or did that, it would not break the fast, but the inhaler contains a treatment, it contains a substance. This substance is not the air that every living being inhales; it contains a substance that treats something of the asthma disease inside. So it breaks the fast, but it is not like smoke; rather, it is a treatment and it is beneficial.
The questioner : ... he is sick.
The Shaykh : He is sick, but he has to make up the fast; he has to make up the fast.
The questioner : Yes, incense, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Incense.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I say that intentionally sucking in incense is like intentionally sucking in smoking; he wants to enter a substance into his body, like what we said regarding the inhaler. But if it comes unintentionally.
The questioner : He entered the room and there was incense in it.
The Shaykh : Ah, I tell you, there is no harm, please go ahead.
The student : To incense.
Another student: Yes, regarding smoke.
The student : An asthma inhaler.
The Shaykh : This was in the question.
The student: Yes, that is it.
The Shaykh: Go ahead, let us see.
The student : The last question regarding the professor.
The questioner : Is smoke considered one of the things that invalidate fasting? And if so, since it is not a type of food or drink, is it like asthma treatment?
The Shaykh : This, you mentioned it, the asthma treatment inhaler, it might be with something other than the inhaler.
The questioner : No, the inhaler is what is intended.
The Shaykh : That is what is intended.
The questioner : ... and it is sprayed.
The Shaykh : Yes, Allah knows best. The important thing is that the inhaler also breaks the fast, even though it is not like smoke because it is a treatment, but this inhaler is not just plain air. If a person did this or did that, it would not break the fast, but the inhaler contains a treatment, it contains a substance. This substance is not the air that every living being inhales; it contains a substance that treats something of the asthma disease inside. So it breaks the fast, but it is not like smoke; rather, it is a treatment and it is beneficial.
The questioner : ... he is sick.
The Shaykh : He is sick, but he has to make up the fast; he has to make up the fast.
The questioner : Yes, incense, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Incense.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I say that intentionally sucking in incense is like intentionally sucking in smoking; he wants to enter a substance into his body, like what we said regarding the inhaler. But if it comes unintentionally.
The questioner : He entered the room and there was incense in it.
The Shaykh : Ah, I tell you, there is no harm, please go ahead.
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