Fasting without liquids such as water unhealthy?

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@GuCCi

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It is not to say that there is no scientific solution however. Allah (SWT) states that religion is not to be a burden on us. The basis for not consuming water in a fasting day does not contradict scientific recommendations. Scientific recommendations talk about a minimum of 1 litre of water should be consumed per day, but that is achievable during the sahoor and iftar times, we do not need to drink water between those times according to current scientific research, it is only based on an average water consumption per 24 hours basis.

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21 ^ Rhoades RA, Tanner GA (2003). Medical Physiology, 2nd ed., Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0781719364.

Water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See Subtitle Human Uses > For drinking:

Medical literature favors a lower consumption, typically 1 liter of water for an average male, excluding extra requirements due to fluid loss from exercise or warm weather.

The article talks in terms of daily requirements, those requirements are easily fulfilled from the two meal times before dawn and after sunset. If anyone argues that a certain rate of water consumption is required throughout the day, then they need to provide you evidence.

However, you must stress to these people that though it is not meant to be life threatening burden on us, fasting is prescribed to strengthen our spiritual health not our physical health.