The Ruling on Eye Drops and Kohl During Fasting

Question: While I was fasting in the month of Ramadan, I put an eye drop in my eye before abstaining from food and drink, and I did not know that it was one of the things that break the fast. After I learned this from your program "Nur 'ala al-Darb" in one of the episodes, I forgot about it, so I put the drop in and it went down to the throat. I felt it when I sensed some bitterness in my mouth. What is the ruling in this case?

Answer: The correct view is that eye drops and kohl do not break the fast at all, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions. Some scholars said that they break the fast if the fasting person tastes them in the throat. The correct view is the first one, because the eye is not a passage, and neither is the ear. If one fasted that day out of caution, there is nothing wrong with it. It is better for the fasting person to use eye drops and kohl at night, out of caution and to avoid the disagreement.