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The payment of fidyah does not
remove your obligation to make up the days you have missed. You have to make up
the days you did not fast, as long as you are physically able to do so.
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It is a scholarly consensus that women in haidh
are not obliged to fast but are required to make up (qada’) for those days they
have not fasted. According to a hadith narrated by Sayidatina Aisyah r.a.: “We
are commanded to make up (qada’) our fast but we are not commanded to make up
(qada’) our prayers (because of menses, haidh).” (Reported by Imam Al-Bukhari) Therefore,
it is better to follow the natural course as set by Allah s.w.t. Nonetheless,
should a woman want to take such medicine so that her menses (haidh) do not
occur during Ramadan, it is allowed as long as the medication does not cause
harm to her. An expert’s or a doctor’s advice should be sought before taking
any such medicine.
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In commanding the
fast during Ramadan, Allah s.w.t. has given special consideration to travellers
(musafir) such that it is not obligatory upon them to fast when they are
traveling, but they have to make up the days they had missed (qada’) after
Ramadan.
Allah says in the
Quran, in Surah Al-Baqarah verse 184: “For a certain number of days; but
whoever among you is sick or on a journey, then (he shall fast) a (like) number
of other days…”
As a traveller
frequently encounters difficulties, Allah s.w.t. gives him/her an exemption
from the obligations of fasting in Ramadan when he/she travels.
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You should not skip your
medication, if it has been prescribed for you to take it daily. This is
especially in instances where the illness you are suffering from is contagious
if not curbed.
However, it is obligatory for you
to find a way out as far as possible. Consult your doctor if you can take your
medications outside the fasting timing during this period.
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Scholars have different views on
this. According to Hanafi scholars, you
may say your Ramadan Fasting niyyah for the entire month. Shafi’i scholars
however made it a condition to say the niyyah daily.
Nontheless, if you fear
forgetting to say the niyyah, you may say it for the entire month but at the
same time to say it daily as well. If you happened to forget, let us hope that
the niyyah you said early Ramadan may cover it.
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No. If it is accidental then it
does not invalidate the fast. It is hence a good practice for one to brush
teeth (and flossing, and using mouthwash) after sahur to prevent such things
from happening. However, if the swallowing is intentional, then the fasting is
nullified (even if it was the smallest chilli flake from last night's pizza).
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Having a dental treatment whether
with morphine or without morphine does not invalidate fast. Similarly, having a
tooth extracted while fasting does not invalidate the fast. However, swallowing
blood or therapeutic substances in excess during the course of treatment
invalidates the fast.
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Brushing teeth does not
invalidate fasting, as long as we take care to not swallow water, and there
does not seem to be a dispute on that. There is a hadith narrated by Imam At-Tirmizi,
a sahabi by the name of Rabi'ah (ra) mentioned that he had “…seen the Prophet ﷺ on countless occassions, brushing his
teeth with the siwak (tooth stick), while he was in the state of fasting".
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Applying ulcer cream inside one’s
mouth does not invalidate your fast as long as you do not swallow the medicine.
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It is permissible to taste a
small amount of food as long as you spit it out afterwards and not swallow any
of it. Ibn Abbas explained: there’s no harm in someone who is fasting and taste
the vinegar or anything else without allowing it to reach his throat.
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Inserting a foreign object or
substance into the body can invalidate one’s fast. However, inserting something
like medicine, out of necessity, such as difficulties in breathing, is allowed.
Therefore, the use of an inhaler will not invalidate one’s fast.
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Vaccination does not invalidate the fast as it does not pass through an orifice of our body. It is also not a type of food and drink that provides nourishment nor does it satiate our hunger or thirst.
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The swab test is neither food nor drink which invalidate the fast. If an individual has to undergo a swab test, he/she is encouraged to do so to limit the transmission of the virus and to safeguard the well-being of the community.
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