The ruling on swallowing saliva for the fasting person and drinking during and after the Fajr adhan
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Question:
He says in another question: A man is uncertain about some days of Ramadan, meaning his fasting for some days of Ramadan, and that is only because of the large amount of saliva that comes out of his mouth, which he is usually forced to swallow, especially during prayer, or in the classroom, or if he is in the mosque. Also, on some days he drinks water after the suhur, and the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan for prayer, meaning during the adhan, and sometimes shortly after it ends, and sometimes continuous blood comes from his gums due to the weakness of his gums. What is required of him? And what should he do now that he has finished fasting? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
His fast is valid, and this saliva does not harm. Swallowing the saliva does not harm, or spitting it out does not harm; it does not invalidate the fast. What harms it is the phlegm—the phlegm that accumulates from the chest or from the head—that is what he must spit out onto his garment or in any place, and he must not swallow it while fasting. According to a group of scholars, this phlegm breaks the fast, whereas the type of saliva, the type of spittle that is not phlegm, does not break the fast.
And likewise, the blood from the gums... the blood from the teeth, if this light blood occurs to a person; it does not harm the fast, and it does not harm the wudu. The wudu is valid, and the fast is valid, and that does not harm him.
And likewise, regarding the adhan, if you are eating or drinking while he is calling the adhan, the fast is valid until you know the dawn has appeared. If you do not know when the dawn appears, the adhan is called based on estimation, on the estimation of the time, according to the calendar.
But the more cautious thing for you is to strive to finish before the adhan, to be cautious with your fast. And likewise, drinking after the adhan—when the adhan is finished—without prolonging it, one minute, two minutes, does not harm, if Allah wills, because it is based on estimation only, and the original state is the continuation of the night and the non-entry of the day; that is the original state. But the believer is cautious, he strives to be cautious until he finishes before the adhan. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
He says in another question: A man is uncertain about some days of Ramadan, meaning his fasting for some days of Ramadan, and that is only because of the large amount of saliva that comes out of his mouth, which he is usually forced to swallow, especially during prayer, or in the classroom, or if he is in the mosque. Also, on some days he drinks water after the suhur, and the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan for prayer, meaning during the adhan, and sometimes shortly after it ends, and sometimes continuous blood comes from his gums due to the weakness of his gums. What is required of him? And what should he do now that he has finished fasting? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
His fast is valid, and this saliva does not harm. Swallowing the saliva does not harm, or spitting it out does not harm; it does not invalidate the fast. What harms it is the phlegm—the phlegm that accumulates from the chest or from the head—that is what he must spit out onto his garment or in any place, and he must not swallow it while fasting. According to a group of scholars, this phlegm breaks the fast, whereas the type of saliva, the type of spittle that is not phlegm, does not break the fast.
And likewise, the blood from the gums... the blood from the teeth, if this light blood occurs to a person; it does not harm the fast, and it does not harm the wudu. The wudu is valid, and the fast is valid, and that does not harm him.
And likewise, regarding the adhan, if you are eating or drinking while he is calling the adhan, the fast is valid until you know the dawn has appeared. If you do not know when the dawn appears, the adhan is called based on estimation, on the estimation of the time, according to the calendar.
But the more cautious thing for you is to strive to finish before the adhan, to be cautious with your fast. And likewise, drinking after the adhan—when the adhan is finished—without prolonging it, one minute, two minutes, does not harm, if Allah wills, because it is based on estimation only, and the original state is the continuation of the night and the non-entry of the day; that is the original state. But the believer is cautious, he strives to be cautious until he finishes before the adhan. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
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