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Using An Inhaler While Fasting

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Question

Will the use of an inhaler while fasting break the fast?

Question Posed By: Zulfiqar Ibrahim Chatsworth Durban South Africa

Answer

For an asthmatic patient, the use of an inhaler during the fast will invalidate the fast, as it has been observed to contain medications such as Ventolin, Ipratropium Bromide, Salbutamol, etc. in the form of a liquid, which when inhaled, reaches the patient’s lungs. Due to the fact that this vaporised liquid medication passes down and beyond the throat to enter the trachea (windpipe), the fast will be broken. The scholars say that it has the same ruling as intentionally inhaling smoke. In other words, just as intentionally smoking in the state of fasting breaks the fast, so too will the use of inhalers during the fast break the fast. Allama Ala-ud’deen Al-Haskafi (may Allah have mercy on him) says:

Translation: If a person smokes intentionally and the smoke reaches his throat while he is fasting, whether the smoke is from Oud or Amber, the fast will be broken because it is possible to avoid it. (Fataawa Shaami, vol.4, Pg.72 chapter As-Saum - Zia-ul-Quran Publications, Lahore)

The Summary: Using an inhaler while fasting will invalidate the fast.

Note: Asthma patients who cannot live without inhalers are allowed to abstain from fasting. If there is no hope of recovery, he must pay the Fidya

of his fast. Then, when he recovers, he must complete the fast which he missed.

Answered by
A Humble Servant of Sacred Knowledge At Amjadi Darul Ifta, Mohammad Quaiser Ali Razvi Misbahi, Imam of Masjid e Khalid, Unit 9, Chatsworth, Durban, South Africa
Approved by
The Grandson of Huzoor Sadrush Shariah, The Propagator of Maslak e Aala Hazrat, Khalifa Huzoor Taajush Shariah wa Huzoor Muhad’dith e Kabeer Hazrat Allama Mufti Faizanul Mustafa Qadri Misbahi Sahab Qiblah Ghosi Shareef India, Founder & Director Jamia Imam Azam Abu Hanifa and Tajushariah Online Islamic Institute (Int.) Lucknow, India. | The Propagator of Maslak e Aala Hazrat, Khalifa Huzoor Taajush Shariah wa Muhad’dith e Kabeer Hazrat Allamah Mufti Muhammad Afthab Cassim Razvi Sahab Qiblah founder and Head of Imam Mustafa Raza Research Centre Overport Durban South Africa. | The Propagator of Maslak e Aala Hazrat, Khalifa Huzoor Taajush Shariah Hazrat Allamah Mufti Zulfaqar Khan Naimi Kakralvi, Darul Ifta Madina Masjid, Mohalla Ali Khan, Kashipur, Utar-Khand, India | The Propagator of Maslak e Aala Hazrat, Hazrat Allama Mufti Mahboob Raza, Shar’ee Board of Nepal
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