Injections during fasting

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aoa everyone
I want to ask what Islam say about injections during fasting. I’ve got a duty in ER tomorrow and I want to know that if I give someone an intramuscular pain killer / tetanus vaccine, will it be breaking their fast ? Moreover what about intravenous painkillers/antibiotics ??
And last but not the least, can blood transfusion be given during fasting ? Moreover, what about intravenous fluid resuscitation ?

I’d really prefer if one of you can clearly answer my questions.
Thankyou :slight_smile:

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Isnt drawing blood not allowed during fasting? :konfused:

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I've heard it isn't allowed, but it makes no sense to me. You injecting in an antibiotic or vaccine is not you giving that person nutrition. Now, if you've got the person on a saline IV, I suppose it gets into a gray area.

Its like asking if you can use a topical cream when you're fasting. Your skin cells are absorbing the medicine, so is that ok? But then I think you need to consider whether you consider the medicine "nutritional". Like a vitamin pill is nutrional to me. But a vaccine isn't.

Religious theologians would get into the issue of what exactly is nutrition. If nutrion is any molecule you're inserting into your body for bodily functioning, then even putting lotion on your skin is no good.

You can skirt around the issue by suggesting to your patients to come in after iftari to get all this done, or wait until Ramadan is over if medically possible.

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http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=4384&CATE=170

u sure that wasnt ur query? :slight_smile:

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*The fast is invalidated when anything enters the body cavity, which is why injections and drips (even those that have nutritive value) do not invalidate the fast. [Bada'i` and Masa'il al-Siyam] *

Am I just sleepy or is that a contradictory statement?

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Doesnt taking blood out of the body make one weak and dizzy ?

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From what I know, according to Hanafi fiqah, injection would invalidate fasting. Thus, if one takes injection due to medical reason during fasting, fasting would break, but there is no kuffarah but qiza fasting becomes due. (Kuffarah along with qiza fast becomes due if one breaks fasting intentionally, without any reason)

Though I believe that in Jafria fiqah, if injection is taken pure for medical reason, it does not invalidate fasting. If injection is not because of medical reason, fast is broken intentionally and kuffarah along with qiza fast, becomes due.

I do not know the verdict regarding injection in Shafi, Hambli or Malaki fiqah.

Personally, I believe that it is best to avoid injection (for whatever reason) when fasting, if one can.

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What xactly is kuffarah? what do you hav to do to amek up for it? is it the same as qiza?

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Qiza fasting is fasting on other days for fardh fast (ramadhan fast) one missed.

Kuffarah is not same as Qiza. Kuffarah is penalty. Kuffarah (for fasting) becomes due if a person breaks a fast intentionally without any reason.

What I know (please confirm) is that, kuffarah for fasting (in hanafi fiqah) is continuous fast for 60 days or feeding 60 person (poor) for a day.

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:bummer:

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Why disappointed? :)

Kuffarah of fasting is only due if one breaks fast without reason. If you are sick or if there is valid reason, you can break the fast without kuffarah.

[Allah has made religion easy, not hard. That does not mean to play with religion by fasting and then breaking the fast for no reason.

Note: What I know, kuffarah becomes due even for fast one misses during ramadhan without any reason (kuffarah become due independently for each missed fast). But than, many miss ramadhan fast and still do not do kuffarah, relying on the forgiveness of Allah (rather, many do not even know that kuffarah becomes due for intentionally missed ramadhan fast for no reason). Actually, the best many do is do qiza for missed fardh fast (ramadhan fast).

If one missed fardh fast (ramadhan fast) because of illness or old age and could not do Qiza fasting, one needs to just give fidyia, that is feed one person for a day for each fast. Meal for a day means, whole day meal, not one meal]

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aoa everyone
I want to ask what Islam say about injections during fasting. I've got a duty in ER tomorrow and I want to know that if I give someone an intramuscular pain killer / tetanus vaccine, will it be breaking their fast ? Moreover what about intravenous painkillers/antibiotics ??
And last but not the least, can blood transfusion be given during fasting ? Moreover, what about intravenous fluid resuscitation ?

I'd really prefer if one of you can clearly answer my questions.
Thankyou
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*1>by taking an Injections or Drips fast wll not the break *

*2> by donateing blood during fasting is makroooh ..but not break *

*just remember one rule which made by fuqah karam ..that *

*any thing which ll be eneterd direct in body by mouth ,balley ,brain ,or urine/stool whole ..will break the fast *

(by putting some medicine drops under ear or nose will break the fast coz of direct linking with brain ..so u can include it in brain condition )

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I’m assuming when you say “intentionally break the fast”, you mean that they started the day with the intention to fast but then decided to break it for no valid reason whatsoever.. what abt those who don’t even make the niyat to fast the next day for some reason (or no reason), are they included in that as well? :halo:

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Definately contradictory.

Could be a typo.

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yea ur right...i didnt realize that until after i posted that,

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here is another one

http://www.islamonline.net/english/ramadan/1421/fiqh/fiqh69.shtml

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Although different views have already been posted and the issue looked at through different lenses. I thought I’d look it up and learned that a fast is not invalidated if an injection is given, unless it’s for the purpose of providing nutritional value to the body.

Here’s the ruling:

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Ref**: He needs to have an injection into a vein – will that affect his fast?

I recall coming across at least one individual who does not fast because of diabetes. Here’s a link to the fatwa that states it’s alright for a diabetic to take insulin injections.

Ref: Insulin injections taken by a diabetic do not invalidate the fast

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What about testing your sugar level, if ur diabetic? That's different than having an injection but the end result, a tiny drop of blood is sorta the same.. is that ok?

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Sara516, the following thread might help: http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=232365

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Herez another question
What if a fasting person is dehydrated, and we give him an I/V infusion to rehydrate him, say with normal saline. Will his fast be nullified ?