Fatwa ID: 07860

Answered by: Maulana Ubaidur Rahman

Question:

I had question regarding my fast. If I inhale the air that comes out of a fan or AC, will that break my fast?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Fasting can break through taste something or through something coming into the body which changes its state. This can be done by eating, drinking, or taking medication such as insulin because they all change the condition of the body, as opposed to when not consuming these things.

Inhaling air from a fan would not constitute a significant factor which would and could be tasted or pass through the body in such a way which changes its state therefore, your fast would not have broken.

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Ubaidur Rahman.

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah.

Darul Ifta Birmingham.

[1]Kitaab Hashiyya Ibn Abideen, Page 395, Volume 2, Maktabatus Shaamila.

(قَوْلُهُ: اسْتِحْسَانًا) وَفِي الْقِيَاسِ يَفْسُدُ أَيْ بِدُخُولِ الذُّبَابِ لِوُصُولِ الْمُفْطِرِ إلَى جَوْفِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَا يَتَغَذَّى بِهِ كَالتُّرَابِ وَالْحَصَادِ هِدَايَةٌ (قَوْلُهُ: لِعَدَمِ إمْكَانِ التَّحَرُّزِ عَنْهُ) فَأَشْبَهَ الْغُبَارَ وَالدُّخَانَ لِدُخُولِهِمَا مِنْ الْأَنْفِ إذَا أَطْبَقَ الْفَمَ كَمَا فِي الْفَتْحِ، وَهَذَا يُفِيدُ أَنَّهُ إذَا وَجَدَ بُدًّا مِنْ تَعَاطِي مَا يُدْخِلُ غُبَارَهُ فِي حَلْقِهِ أَفْسَدَ لَوْ فَعَلَ شُرُنْبُلَالِيَّةٌ (قَوْلُهُ: وَمُفَادُهُ) أَيْ مُفَادُ قَوْلِهِ دَخَلَ أَيْ بِنَفْسِهِ بِلَا صُنْعٍ مِنْهُ (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