If you taste food out of necessity, does it break the fast? This is to know whether the food is salty or not.
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The questioner : You say regarding the case where you taste food out of necessity, does it also break the fast? Since I want to know if this food is salty or not. I also hope for your guidance on this?
The Shaykh : Tasting food out of necessity is permissible and does not break the fast of the one who is fasting, because it does not reach his stomach, just as water used for rinsing the mouth does not break the fast because it does not reach the stomach.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : However, if any of the taste of the food remains in her mouth, let her rinse her mouth with water until that food is gone. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge, and benefit the Muslims through you.
The Shaykh : Tasting food out of necessity is permissible and does not break the fast of the one who is fasting, because it does not reach his stomach, just as water used for rinsing the mouth does not break the fast because it does not reach the stomach.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : However, if any of the taste of the food remains in her mouth, let her rinse her mouth with water until that food is gone. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge, and benefit the Muslims through you.