Using Inhaler During Ramadhan

Here is some information that I'd like to share regarding the use of inhaler during fasting.

Using a puffer for asthma during the day in Ramadhan does not invalidate the fast because it is a pressurized gas that goes to the lungs, and is not food, and it is something that is always needed, in Ramadhan and at other times. Fatwa al-Da’wah, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Baaz, no. 979.



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The use of an inhaler during fasting is permissible because the inhaler only provides some moisture, it doesn't involve the taking in of any liquid or food through the mouth. Even when we take a breath, we take in some moisture into our throats and that doesn't break our fast. Therefore, in an similar way, the use of an inhaler is permissible.



Source: http://www.islamonline.net

The use of aerosol inhalers by asthma patients, to relieve their breathlessness, is permissible and does not invalidate fasting. It is true that one uses the inhaler through one's mouth, but the aim is to get the medicine into the lungs. Some fine particles may be left in the mouth, but this is not food.



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