The ruling on eye drops for the fasting person
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The listener Muhammad Mubarak al-Dawsari from Riyadh—Al-Shifa—The Scientific Institute, sent a question saying: What is the ruling on eye drops? If a person is fasting, do they affect the fast?
Answer: The correct view is that they do not affect the fast, and the fast is valid. However, some scholars held that if one tastes them in the throat, he must make up the day, and this is a matter of precaution. If he tastes them in the throat and makes it up, that is a matter of precaution. The correct view is that they do not invalidate the fast, but it is safer to use them at night, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam), and this avoids the disagreement among scholars.
Therefore, using eye drops and kohl at night is more preferable and safer for the fasting person, but if he does it during the day, his fast is valid. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: The correct view is that they do not affect the fast, and the fast is valid. However, some scholars held that if one tastes them in the throat, he must make up the day, and this is a matter of precaution. If he tastes them in the throat and makes it up, that is a matter of precaution. The correct view is that they do not invalidate the fast, but it is safer to use them at night, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دع ما يريبك إلى ما لا يريبكTherefore, using eye drops and kohl at night is more preferable and safer for the fasting person, but if he does it during the day, his fast is valid. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
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