Fatwa ID: 09206
Answered by Muftiyah Maryam Badshah
Question:
When making dua whilst fasting, if a person makes dua and starts crying due to it, and then he tastes something salty inside (but the tears haven’t entered the mouth since the person kept wiping them with a napkin) would this invalidate the fast?
Or is it fine given that the saltiness was inside and no tears should’ve entered the mouth?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
A small amount of sweat or tears unintentionally falling into an individual’s mouth does not break the fast unless the taste is felt throughout the mouth and a large amount of it is deliberately gathered and swallowed. Whilst you have mentioned that you are certain no tears entered your mouth, you may need to consider if the saltiness you felt in your mouth came from blood from your gums. Swallowing blood from the gums invalidates the fast if it is more than one’s saliva, and this can also be determined through a strong taste in the mouth.[1]
If an individual feels the sensation of saltiness in the mouth and they are certain this flavour has not come from a substance entering the mouth, then their fast is intact as they have not swallowed anything. It would be more cautious, however, for such an individual to ensure the flavour is not swallowed.[2]
Only Allah ﷻ knows best.
Written by Muftiyah Maryam Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
[1]
الدُّمُوعُ إذَا دَخَلَتْ فَمَ الصَّائِمِ إنْ كَانَ قَلِيلًا كَالْقَطْرَةِ وَالْقَطْرَتَيْنِ أَوْ نَحْوِهَا لَا يُفْسِدُ صَوْمَهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ كَثِيرًا حَتَّى وَجَدَ مُلُوحَتَهُ فِي جَمِيعِ فَمِهِ، وَاجْتَمَعَ شَيْءٌ كَثِيرٌ فَابْتَلَعَهُ يُفْسِدُ صَوْمَهُ، وَكَذَا عَرَقُ الْوَجْهِ إذَا دَخَلَ فَمَ الصَّائِمِ كَذَا فِي الْخُلَاصَةِ
Al-Fatāwa al-Hindiyyah (Vol.1, pg.203, Dār Al-Fiqr)
قَوْلُهُ: أَوْ مِرَّةً) بِالْكَسْرِ وَالتَّشْدِيدِ وَهِيَ الصَّفْرَاءُ أَحَدُ الطَّبَائِعِ كَمَا مَرَّ فِي الطَّهَارَةِ (قَوْلُهُ: أَوْ دَمٍ) الظَّاهِرُ أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِهِ الْجَامِدُ، وَإِلَّا فَمَا الْفَرْقُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْخَارِجِ مِنْ الْأَسْنَانِ إذَا بَلَعَهُ حَيْثُ يُفْطِرُ لَوْ غَلَبَ عَلَى الْبُزَاقِ أَوْ سَاوَاهُ أَوْ وَجَدَ طَعْمَهُ كَمَا مَرَّ أَوَّلَ الْبَابِ…
Raddul Muhtār (Vol.2, pg.415, Dār Al-Fiqr)
[2]
قَوْلُهُ: وَإِنْ وَجَدَ طَعْمَهُ فِي حَلْقِهِ) أَيْ طَعْمَ الْكُحْلِ أَوْ الدُّهْنِ كَمَا فِي السِّرَاجِ وَكَذَا لَوْ بَزَقَ فَوَجَدَ لَوْنَهُ فِي الْأَصَحِّ بَحْرٌ قَالَ فِي النَّهْرِ؛ لِأَنَّ الْمَوْجُودَ فِي حَلْقِهِ أَثَرٌ دَاخِلٌ مِنْ الْمَسَامِّ الَّذِي هُوَ خَلَلُ الْبَدَنِ وَالْمُفْطِرُ إنَّمَا هُوَ الدَّاخِلُ مِنْ الْمَنَافِذِ لِلِاتِّفَاقِ عَلَى أَنَّ مَنْ اغْتَسَلَ فِي مَاءٍ فَوَجَدَ بَرْدَهُ فِي بَاطِنِهِ أَنَّهُ لَا يُفْطِرُ…
…(قَوْلُهُ: كَطَعْمِ أَدْوِيَةٍ) أَيْ لَوْ دَقَّ دَوَاءً فَوَجَدَ طَعْمَهُ فِي حَلْقِهِ زَيْلَعِيٌّ وَغَيْرُهُ. وَفِي الْقُهُسْتَانِيِّ طَعْمُ الْأَدْوِيَةِ وَرِيحُ الْعِطْرِ إذَا وَجَدَ فِي حَلْقِهِ لَمْ يُفْطِرْ كَمَا فِي الْمُحِيطِ…
Raddul Muhtār (Vol.2, pg.395-6, Dār Al-Fiqr)
… مُلَخَّصًا وَبِالتَّعْلِيلِ بِعَدَمِ إمْكَانِ التَّحَرُّزِ يَظْهَرُ الْفَرْقُ بَيْنَ الدَّمْعِ وَالْمَطَرِ كَمَا أَشَارَ إلَيْهِ الشَّارِحُ فَتَدَبَّرْ، ثُمَّ فِي التَّعْبِيرِ بِالْقَطْرَةِ إشَارَةٌ إلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ الدَّمْعُ النَّازِلُ مِنْ ظَاهِرِ الْعَيْنِ أَمَّا الْوَاصِلُ إلَى الْحَلْقِ مِنْ الْمَسَامِّ فَالظَّاهِرُ أَنَّهُ مِثْلُ الرِّيقِ فَلَا يُفْطِرُ وَإِنْ وَجَدَ طَعْمَهُ فِي جَمِيعِ فَمِهِ تَأَمَّلْ
Raddul Muhtār (Vol.2, pg.404, Dār Al-Fiqr)