Fatwa ID: 04176

Answered by: Alimah Sumeyye Sofu

Question:

Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu respected Admins. An urgent question. A sister has eye pressure and she is fasting. Usually, she takes eye drops when she goes to sleep. Now she is fasting and her eyes are watering and are under pressure.  Can she have eye drops? Will that invalidate fast?

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

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

Answer:

It is permissible for her to have eye drops whilst fasting. Eye drops do not break the fast (Fatawa Rahimiyyah p.246 v.5 Darul Ishaat).

A similar fatwa can be found here; https://daruliftabirmingham.co.uk/are-eye-drops-permissible-during-fasting/

Only Allah knows best

Written by Alimah Sumeyye Sofu

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham