Fasting is Knocking* [[---- Episode 22 ----]]

Fasting is Knocking*

[[---- Episode 22 ----]]

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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم

The list below include things that people do during their fasting day and DO NOT INVALIDATE their acts of fasting.

*Continuation of the previous episodes - as promised:*

3) Kissing for one who has the ability to control himself:

It is confirmed that

A’ishah (r.a.) said: “The Prophet (PBUH) would kiss and embrace while he was fasting, for he had the most control of all of you over his desires.” 

Umar said: “I was excited one time and I kissed [my wife] while I was fasting. I went to the Prophet and said: ‘Today I committed a horrendous act - I kissed while I was fasting.’ The Prophet asked: ‘What do you think of rinsing with water while fasting?’ I said: ‘There is nothing wrong with that.’ The Prophet said: ‘Then what is the question about?'”

Ibnul-Mundhir says: ”

Umar, Ibn 

Abbas, Abu Hurairah,

A’ishah, 

Ata, Ash-Sha

bi, Al-Hassan, Ahmad, and Ishaq permit kissing. 

The Hanafiyyah and Shaf

iyyah say that it is disliked if it incites one’s desires. If it does not do so, it is not disliked although it is better to avoid it.”

There is no difference between an old man and a young man in this matter. The question is whether or not the kiss excites one’s desires. If it does, it is disliked. If it does not, it is not disliked although it is best to avoid it.

It does not matter if the kiss was on the cheek or on the lips, and so on. Touching with the hand or embracing take the same ruling as kissing.

*Warning!* ⚠️

If you try kissing and something more than kissing happen, then, *"You are on Your Own🤷🏻‍♀️"*. Yes. The shaytan might add up plenty sweetness and spark up your sexual desires in the kissing, the type you can not feel if you are not fasting (just to get you break the fast) and pay back 60 fast for one single fast you break because of kissing or related activities (during the day in the month of Ramadan).

4) Any type of injection:

Injections do not break the fast whether they are for feeding the person or just medicine. It does not matter if the injection was intravenous or underneath the skin. It also does not matter if what was injected reaches the stomach, as it does not reach the stomach through the customary manner (that food does). I mean since it doesn't enter the body through mouth.

5) Rinsing the mouth and nose:

These acts are allowed in general, but it is disliked to exaggerate (that is, use a lot of water and put the water deep into the mouth or nose while fasting).

Laqit ibn Sabra reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Exaggerate when rinsing your nose unless you are fasting.” 📚(Related by An-Nasa’i, Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah. At-Tirmidhi called it Sound and Authentic.)

Scholars dislike using nose drops (that is, applying medicine through the nose) while one is fasting, for they are of the opinion that it breaks the fast. There is a Hadith that supports their opinion.

Ibn Qudamah sums up the various opinions on the subject: *“If while gargling or rinsing the nose for the sake of purifying one’s self [for example, for prayer] water reaches the throat unintentionally and not due to exaggeration, there is no problem. This is according to Al-Auza

i, Ishaq, and one statement from ash-Shafi

i, which is related from Ibn ‘Abbas. Malik and Abu Hanifah hold that it breaks the fast because that water reaches the stomach. If he was aware that he was fasting, it breaks his fast, as if he would have drunk intentionally. The first opinion is stronger, since [the water] reached the throat without intention or exaggeration. It is similar to having a fly enter the mouth and proceed to the throat. That differentiates it from an intentional act.”

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