*Ramadan Day 27*
*What have you learnt?*
Alhamdulilah!
Alhamdulilah!! Alhamdulilah!!!
We thank
Almighty Allah to spare our lives to witness this miraculous month (Ramadan).
Brothers and sisters in Islam.
*I just
want to remind myself and yours about ‘’Ruling
on not fasting for someone who has to take medicine every 12 hours*
1.0 Question:
I am mentally ill
and I went to the doctor, who gave me medicine in the form of pills which I
have to take for the next 5 years, one pill every 12 hours. What should I do,
especially in the month of Ramadan, as the fasting lasts for 15 hours a day? If
I delay taking this medicine, even for less than an hour, I may become sick
(epilepsy). Please advise me, may Allah reward you.
Answer
Praise be to
Allaah.
Allah, may He be glorified and
exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“So keep your duty to Allaah and fear
Him as much as you can”[al-Taghaabun 64:16]
If sickness will result from delaying
a dose of medicine, there is nothing wrong with not fasting if the day is long,
such as fifteen hours as it is nowadays. There is nothing wrong with taking the
tablet that has been prescribed and breaking the fast for that reason, and
making up the fast later. You should take the tablet and refrain from eating
and drinking, and make up the fast, because you broke the fast because of this
tablet, and you should refrain from eating and drinking and make up that day
later on. But if it is possible to delay it and you will not be harmed by that,
then you have to delay it so that you can take it at night.
But if you cannot do that, there is
no blame on you, and you can make up this day on short days, which are the cold
days when the fast is less than 12 hours. End quote.
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may
Allah have mercy on him)
Source: Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb
Islam Q&A 128569
And Allaah
knows best.
*2.0 Effect of medicines and medical treatments on fasting*
Question: Is there any consensus amongst Muslim scholars as to
which medicinal preperations are permitted whilst fasting. More specifically
are: a) tablets/syrups b)inhalers for asthma c)suppositories and d)intravenous
forms of treatment allowed.
The question of inhalers for asthma is very pertinent to us in the UK, as some
20% of young people now suffer from asthma.
I would appreciate a detailed response with reference to any conference
proceedings etc if possible
I – The following things do not have any effect on the fast:
1. Eye drops, ear drops, ear syringing,
nose drops and nasal sprays – so long as one avoids swallowing any material
that may reach the throat.
2. Tablets or lozenges that are placed
beneath the tongue for the treatment of angina pectoris etc., so long as one
avoids swallowing any material that reaches the throat.
3. Vaginal pessaries, douching, use of a
speculum, or internal digital examination.
4. Introduction of a scope or coil
(IUD), etc., into the uterus.
5. Introduction of a scope or catheter
into the urethra (male of female), or injection of dyes for diagnostic imaging,
or of medication, or cleaning of the bladder.
6. Drilling of teeth (prior to filling),
extraction or polishing of teeth, using a miswaak or toothbrush, so long as one
avoids swallowing any material that reaches the throat.
7. Rinsing, gargling or applying topical
treatment in the mouth, so long as one avoids swallowing any material that
reaches the throat.
8. Injections, whether subcutaneous,
intra-muscular or intra-venous – with the exception of those used for purposes
of nutrition.
9. Oxygen.
10. Anaesthetics, so long as they do not
supply nutrition to the patient.
11. Medicines absorbed through the skin,
such as creams, lotions and patches used to administer medication through the
skin.
12. Introduction of a catheter into the
veins in order to examine or treat the vessels of the heart or other organs.
13. Laparoscopy for the purpose of
diagnosis or surgical treatment of the abdominal organs.
14. Biopsies of the liver and other
organs, so long as this is not accompanied by the administration of nutrients.
15. Gastroscopy, so long as this is not
accompanied by the administration of nutrients.
16. Introduction of medicine or instruments
into the brain or spinal cord.
17. Involuntary vomiting (as opposed to
self-induced vomiting).
II – The Muslim doctor
should advise his patient to postpone the above-described treatments and
procedures until after he has broken his fast, if it is safe to do so and will
not cause any harm (even if these procedures will not have any effect on his
fast).
Islam Q&A,
2299
*3.0 He has tuberculosis and the doctors have advised
him not to fast for five years*
Question:
I am a tuberculosis
patient. I was under treatment for two years and the doctors advised me not to
fast, and scared me that if I fast the disease will come back to me. They
advised me not to fast for five years. What is the ruling on doing this?.
Answer
Praise be to
Allaah.
Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
“So whoever of you sights (the
crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. is present at his
home), he must observe Sawm (fasts) that month, and whoever is ill or on a
journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must
be made up] from other days”[al-Baqarah 2:185].
i.e., if a person is physically sick
and it is too hard for him to fast or he will be harmed by fasting, or he is
travelling, he is allowed not to fast, but he has to make up the number of days
that he did not fast. Hence Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Allaah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for
you” [al-Baqarah 2:185]. The scholars have stated that if a trustworthy Muslim
doctor states that fasting will be harmful to a sick person, or will make his
sickness worse or delay his recovery and the like, then not fasting in this
case is permissible according to sharee’ah. If the doctor is not Muslim, or he
is Muslim but he is not of good character, then his opinion should not be
accepted except in cases of necessity, such as if it is not possible to ask
another doctor. If it is a necessity and other factors indicate that the
non-Muslim is telling the truth, such as if the sick person feels the same
thing, or it is well known that this sickness is something that gets worse with
fasting and that will make recovery difficult, then in that case it is permissible
not to fast until Allaah heals him and he becomes strong enough to fast without
adverse effects.
With regard to the past months, you
have to make them up after you recover, and there is no expiation for delaying
it, because you did not make them up because you were still sick. End
quote.
Source: Islam Q&A, 106466
May Allah
Almighty accept our fast and blessed us
May Almighty
Allah reward us abundantly and accept our Ibadaah. Ameen
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