Injections And Cupping While Fasting
Question
Can a person continue with eye injection treatment and cupping whilst fasting?
Answer
1. Yes, injections in the eye will not invalidate the fast.
2. Cupping whilst fasting does not invalidate the fast. However, Fuqaha have stated that if one knows, through past experiences, that cupping whilst fasting will cause weakness, then it will be Makrooh to undergo cupping whilst fasting.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
ولو أقطر شيئا من الداء في عينه لايفطر صومه عندنا وإن وجد طعمه في حلقه وإذا بزق فرأى أثر الكحل ولونه في بزاقه عامة المشايخ على أنه لايفسد صوم; كذا في الذخيرة وهو الأصح كذا في التبيين.
(الفتاوى الهندية 1/203)
(أو احتجم) لم يفسد وتكره الحجامة للصائم إذا كانت تضعفه أما إذا كان لايخافه فلا بأس به (حاشية الطحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح ص660)
- Answered by
- Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Yacoob Vally Saheb
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