What is the ruling on injections given in the muscle or in the vein?
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The questioner : Another question.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: What is the ruling on the nutritional fluids we receive in hospitals via injection? Do they break the fast or not?
The Shaykh : In the vein?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And not in the muscle?
The questioner: In both.
The Shaykh : In both. The one in the muscle certainly does not break the fast. As for the one in the vein, if the intention is nutrition, it is like food and breaks the fast; otherwise, it does not.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: What is the ruling on the nutritional fluids we receive in hospitals via injection? Do they break the fast or not?
The Shaykh : In the vein?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And not in the muscle?
The questioner: In both.
The Shaykh : In both. The one in the muscle certainly does not break the fast. As for the one in the vein, if the intention is nutrition, it is like food and breaks the fast; otherwise, it does not.
The questioner : Yes.
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