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 | Subject: Acts that Are Permissible During the Fast  Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:50 am | |
| 1. Pouring Water over One's Self and Submerging One's Self in Water
Abu Bakr ibn 'Abdurrahman reported from a number of companions that they had seen Allah's Messenger pour water over his head while he was fasting due to thirst or extreme heat. [Ahmad, Malik and Abu Dawud; Sahih]. Al-Hasan al-Basri said: "There is no harm in rinsing the mouth and cooling ones body with cold water when fasting". Similarly, one can have a bath or swim without invalidating his fast.
2. Applying Kohl(*) or Eye-drop or Anything to the Eyes
It is the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (S) to apply Kohl to his eyes. There are reports of many Sahaba applying Kohl while fasting, among them Anas who did not see any harm in use of Kohl for the fasting person. [Bukhari].
Similar is wearing or smelling perfumes.
(*) A black substance applied to the rims of the eyelids
3. Injections, Eye and Ear Drops
Medically required injections, eye and ear drops and medications placed on wounds, as long as they are not for nourishing purposes they do not invalidate the fast as Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim observed.
4. Cupping (Hijaamah) and blood-letting [or donation] for medical purposes
This used to be an act that breaks the fast. The Prophet (S) said "The cupper [al-Hajim] and the cupped [al-Mahjoum] have broken the fast" [Sahih al-Jami`]. However, this was abrogated later as the The Prophet (S) did it while fasting.
Ibn Abbas said: "The Prophet was cupped while he was in the state of Ihram, and also while he was observing a fast." [Bukhari]
Anas Ibn Malik was asked whether they disliked the cupping for a fasting person. He replied in the negative and said, "Only if it causes weakness." [Bukhari]
Vivisection follows the same ruling as cupping as well as nose or throat bleeding, or bleeding caused by pulling a tooth.
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 said: "Exaggerate when rinsing your nose unless you are fasting." [an-Nasa'i, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah; Sahih].
6. Those things which one could not protect one's self from
Such as swallowing one's saliva [or sputum], the dust of the road, sifting flour and so on are all overlooked: Ibn 'Abbas ruling is that: "There is no problem with tasting liquid food or something you wish to purchase." Similarly one can taste food (when cooking) with the tongue without swallowing.
7. The fasting person can eat, drink, and have conjugal relations until fajr
If someone has food in his mouth when fajr is beginning, he should spit it out. If he is having intercourse (with his wife) at that time, he should immediately stop. If he does so, his fast will still be valid. If he continues in these actions at that time, he will have broken his fast. Al-Bukhari and Muslim record from Aishah that the Prophet said: "Bilal makes the call to prayer while it is still night; therefore, eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum makes the call to prayer."
8. Delaying the purifying ghusl (bath) from menstruation till after fajr (dawn)
If the blood of a menstruating woman or of a woman with post-childbirth bleeding stops during the night, she can delay ghusl until Fajr.
9. Involuntary actions
Involuntary actions such as ejaculation in a wet dream or involuntary vomiting do not invalidate the fast [the case of vomiting has already been indicated in the hadith concerning intentional vomiting]. | |
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