Does erythritol break a fast?

CategoriesSawm (fast) [314]

Fatwa ID: 03173

Answered by:  Maulana Nabil Khan​

Question:

Does erythritol break a fast?

 

Answer:

In The Name Of Allah, The Most-Merciful, The Most Kind

Erythritol is a type of sugar alcohol. Erythritol occurs naturally in some fruits and fermented foods, while manufacturers add an industrially fermented version to low sugar and sugar-free food and drink options.

With this being said it will break the fast. Anything that is edible and consumed in liquid or solid form knowingly will break the fast. [1]

 

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Nabil Khan

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 


[1] Al-Fatawa Al-Hindiyyah Volume 1 Pg 222

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