The Ruling on Swallowing Saliva and Phlegm During the Day in Ramadan

Question:
The following message was received by the program from Iraq, sent by the listener Faten Sa'id from Baghdad. As I said, Your Eminence, the questions are of Iraqi origin, and the sender asks eight questions, saying: I am fasting the blessed month and I am also volunteering, meaning: I am in a state of health that allows me to fast, and I do not feel hunger or thirst, praise be to Allah. But what bothers me and makes me irritable is that saliva accumulates in my mouth in large quantities, putting me in a difficult situation. I cannot speak or go out, and even if I do not speak, saliva still forms. What should I do? Should I leave the fast? I am capable of fasting, as I mentioned earlier, and I am an employee and I cannot... -I do not know, what do you mean by "cannot"?- Guide us, may Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
As for fasting Ramadan, it is obligatory upon all male and female Muslims who are accountable. So, it is obligatory for you and for other accountable Muslim women to fast Ramadan, as it is one of the five pillars of Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . So, the believer, male and female, must fast this month. As for voluntary fasting, you have the choice. If you fast voluntarily other than in Ramadan, that is up to you. Fasting has great virtue, and whoever fasts voluntarily receives a great reward. However, fasting is not obligatory upon you except in Ramadan, or for expiations, or for vows. As for starting to fast voluntarily, it is not obligatory. If you fast, you have a reward, and if you leave it, there is no harm.
As for saliva, it does not prevent fasting and does not harm the fast. Saliva is from the spittle; if there is a lot of spittle and you swallow it, there is no harm, and if you spit it out, there is no harm. As for phlegm, which is what comes from the chest or from the head or from the nose—phlegm, also called thick mucus, which is the thick phlegm that a person sometimes gets from the chest and sometimes from the head—it is obligatory for the man and the woman to spit it out and remove it, and not to swallow it. As for ordinary saliva and ordinary water, which is spittle, there is no harm in it, and it does not harm the fasting person, whether male or female. However, if what is meant by saliva here is the thick phlegm from the chest, or from the head, then it is obligatory to remove it and spit it out, and not to swallow it. Yes.