Fatwa ID: 08464
Written by Alimah Humairah Badshah
Question:
I have been having waswas about inhalation during Ramadan. I intentionally inhaled large amounts of air to check if there are dust particles that enter my throat or not. I swallowed it, because I was unsure whether the air has dust or not. I also did that to shake of waswas and wanted to prove that it’s nothing. But then, I spat it out because, again, of waswas that I may have inhaled dust, even though the particles were definitely not visible. Does it invalidate my fast & should I do Qadha’ and Kaffarat?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Dust and such which is naturally in the air does not break one’s fast, whether one breathes deeply or normally. What breaks one’s fast is deliberately inhaling smoke and putting it down one’s throat, as it is an actual substance which one can consume. Dust, on the other hand, is a part of the air and is unavoidable. Therefore, your fast would not be invalidated and no qadha or kaffarah would be necessary.
As an additional note, in the future one should strive to ignore such waswaas and put it out of one’s mind rather than acting on it in any way. If you are often plagued by such thoughts to the extent that they affect your worship, then it may be helpful for you to seek the services of a Muslim counsellor or therapist.
References:
وَلَوْ دَخَلَ حَلْقَهُ غُبَارُ الطَّاحُونَةِ أَوْ طَعْمُ الْأَدْوِيَةِ أَوْ غُبَارُ الْهَرْسِ، وَأَشْبَاهُهُ أَوْ الدُّخَانُ أَوْ مَا سَطَعَ مِنْ غُبَارِ التُّرَابِ بِالرِّيحِ أَوْ بِحَوَافِرِ الدَّوَابِّ، وَأَشْبَاهِ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُفْطِرْهُ كَذَا فِي السِّرَاجِ الْوَهَّاجِ.
Al-Fataawa Al-Hindiyyah (Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.203
وَلَوْ دَخَلَ الذُّبَابُ حَلْقَهُ لَمْ يُفْطِرْهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُمْكِنُهُ الِاحْتِرَازُ عَنْهُ فَأَشْبَهَ النَّاسِيَ وَلَوْ أَخَذَهُ فَأَكَلَهُ فَطَّرَهُ لِأَنَّهُ تَعَمَّدَ أَكْلَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَأْكُولًا كَمَا لَوْ أَكَلَ التُّرَابَ.وَلَوْ دَخَلَ الْغُبَارُ أَوْ الدُّخَانُ أَوْ الرَّائِحَةُ فِي حَلْقَةِ لَمْ يُفْطِرْهُ، لِمَا قُلْنَا.
Badaai’ Al-Sanaai’ (Daar Al-Kutub Al-‘Ilmiyyah, https://shamela.ws) v.2 p.90
(قَوْلُهُ: أَنَّهُ لَوْ أَدْخَلَ حَلْقَهُ الدُّخَانَ) أَيْ بِأَيِّ صُورَةٍ كَانَ الْإِدْخَالُ، حَتَّى لَوْ تَبَخَّرَ بِبَخُورٍ وَآوَاهُ إلَى نَفَسِهِ وَاشْتَمَّهُ ذَاكِرًا لِصَوْمِهِ أَفْطَرَ لِإِمْكَانِ التَّحَرُّزِ عَنْهُ وَهَذَا مِمَّا يَغْفُلُ عَنْهُ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ النَّاسِ، وَلَا يُتَوَهَّمُ أَنَّهُ كَشَمِّ الْوَرْدِ وَمَائِهِ وَالْمِسْكِ لِوُضُوحِ الْفَرْقِ بَيْنَ هَوَاءٍ تَطَيَّبَ بِرِيحِ الْمِسْكِ وَشِبْهِهِ وَبَيْنَ جَوْهَرِ دُخَانٍ وَصَلَ إلَى جَوْفِهِ بِفِعْلِهِ إمْدَادٌ وَبِهِ عُلِمَ حُكْمُ شُرْبِ الدُّخَانِ وَنَظَمَهُ الشُّرُنْبُلَالِيُّ فِي شَرْحِهِ عَلَى الْوَهْبَانِيَّةِ بِقَوْلِهِ:وَيُمْنَعُ مِنْ بَيْعِ الدُّخَانِ وَشُرْبِهِ … وَشَارِبُهُ فِي الصَّوْمِ لَا شَكَّ يُفْطِرُوَيَلْزَمُهُ التَّكْفِيرُ لَوْ ظَنَّ نَافِعًا … كَذَا دَافِعًا شَهَوَاتِ بَطْنٍ فَقَرَّرُوا.
Radd Al-Mukhtaar (Halabi ed., Daar Al-Fikr, https://shamela.ws) v.2 p.395
لِأَنَّ قَطْعَ الْوَسْوَسَةِ وَاجِبٌ
Badaai’ Al-Sanaai’ (Daar Al-Kutub Al-‘Ilmiyyah, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.21
وَالسَّبِيلُ فِي الْوَسْوَسَةِ قَطْعُهَا؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ اشْتَغَلَ بِذَلِكَ لَأَدَّى إلَى أَنْ يَتَفَرَّعَ لِأَدَاءِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَهَذَا لَا يَجُوزُ
Badaai’ Al-Sanaai’ (Daar Al-Kutub Al-‘Ilmiyyah, https://shamela.ws) v.1 p.33
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Alimah Humairah Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
