Fasting is Knocking* [[---- Episode 23 ----]]

 *Fasting is Knocking*

[[---- Episode 23 ----]]
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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:*

(6) Unavoidable Things, such as swallowing one’s saliva, the dust of the road, sifting flour and so on are all overlooked:

Ibn

Abbas ruling is that: “There is no problem with using your tongue to tasting liquid food or something you wish to purchase (provided it's not swallowed).” Al-Hasan used to chew the walnuts for his grandson while he was fasting. Ibrahim also permitted that.

Chewing gum (Not like the types we have nowadays, it has no sweetness or fragrance) is disliked. The gum must not break into pieces. Those who say that it is disliked include Ash-Sha

bi, An-Nakha

i, the Hanafiyyah, the Shaf

iyyah, and the Hanbaliyyah.

A’ishah (r.a.) and 

Ata permit chewing, as nothing reaches the stomach and it is just like putting pebbles into one’s mouth provided it does not break into parts. If a part of it breaks off and enters the stomach, it will break the fast.

Ibn Taimiyyah says: “Smelling perfumes does not harm the fast.” Enlarging upon the subject, he says: “As for kohl, injections, drops dropped into the urethra [that is, enemas for medicinal purposes], and treatment for brain and stomach injuries, there is some dispute among the scholars. Some say that none of these break the fast, some say that all except kohl would break the fast, while others say all except the drops break the fast, or that the kohl or drops do not break the fast but that the rest do.”

Ibn Taimiyyah continues: “The first opinion on this question is preferred. The most apparent conclusion is that none of them break the fast. The fast is part of the religion of Islam. Both the layman and specialist must be knowledgeable about it. If the preceding actions were forbidden by Allah and His Messenger to the fasting person because they would ruin the fast, then it would have been obligatory upon the Messenger to clarify that fact. If he had done so, his companions would have known about it and would have passed it on to the rest of the Muslims.

Since no one has related that not from the Prophet, not with an authentic or a weak hadith, nor in Mursal or Musnad form then it must be the case that such acts do not void [the fast].” He also says: “If the ruling is one that would affect everyone or everyday matters, then the Prophet would have clarified it to a general audience. It is well known that kohl was in common use as were oils, washing, incense, and perfume. If they broke the fast, the Prophet would have mentioned them, as he mentioned other things [that break the fast]. Since he did not do so, they belong to the class of perfumes, incense, and dyes. Incense goes through the nose, enters the head, and lands on the body. The skin absorbs dyes or oils and the body is refreshed by it. The case of perfumes is similar. Since these have not been [explicitly] prohibited to the fasting person, it points to the fact that using them is permissible for the fasting person and so is kohl.

The Muslims during the time of the Prophet (PBUH) would injure themselves, either from jihad or otherwise, and would injure their stomachs or skulls. If that had ended their fasts, it would have been made clear to them [by the Prophet].

Since that was not prohibited for the fasting person, it must not break the fast.” Ibn Taimiyyah continues: “No one eats kohl and no one causes it to enter his stomach–neither through his nose nor through his mouth. Anal enemas are also not taken as food. Indeed, it helps the body to release whatever is in the intestines and it does not reach the stomach. Any medicine that is used to treat stomach wounds or head injuries [that is taken orally] is not considered similar to food.

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