Fatwa ID: 08505

 

 

 

Answered by Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek

 

 

Question:

 

Someone has a heart condition and the meds they take make their mouth bleed continuously. Does she fast in Ramadan? As they end up swallowing the blood accidentally. Eg when sleeping.

 

She’s had couple of operations and has a pacemaker fitted. The medicine she takes are for thinning the blood. Meds can be taken before and after fast. But she bleeds more than saliva which she can spit out daytime but when sleeping she ends up swallowing the blood.

 

 

 

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

 

Answer:

 

To swallow blood deliberately is prohibited whether one fasting or not. In the Quran Allah says (Surah Baqarah Ayah 173): “He has only forbidden you: carrion, blood, the flesh of swine and that upon which a name other than Allah has been invoked.”

 

When it comes to swallow blood by mistake while fasting, then there are few scenarios.

 

• If the blood is mixed with saliva and the blood is not dominant such that the color is pale, then the fast will be valid.
• However when the blood is dominant and can find the taste, the fast will break.

 

Therefore the fast will break if it is more than the saliva. Thus one will have to keep a qadha and there will be no kaffarah.

 

 

 

 

References:

 

Mariful Quran Surah Baqarah ayah 173

اِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيۡکُمُ الۡمَيۡتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحۡمَ الۡخِنۡزِيۡرِ وَمَآ اُهِلَّ بِهٖ لِغَيۡرِ اللّٰهِ‌ۚ فَمَنِ اضۡطُرَّ غَيۡرَ بَاغٍ وَّلَا عَادٍ فَلَاۤ اِثۡمَ عَلَيۡهِ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُوۡرٌ رَّحِيۡمٌ

 

(قَوْلُهُ: يَعْنِي وَلَمْ يَصِلْ إلَى جَوْفِهِ) ظَاهِرُ إطْلَاقِ الْمَتْنِ أَنَّهُ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَإِنْ كَانَ الدَّمُ غَالِبًا عَلَى الرِّيقِ وَصَحَّحَهُ فِي الْوَجِيزِ كَمَا فِي السِّرَاجِ وَقَالَ: وَوَجْهُهُ أَنَّهُ لَا يُمْكِنُ الِاحْتِرَازُ عَنْهُ عَادَةً فَصَارَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ مَا بَيْنَ أَسْنَانِهِ وَمَا يَبْقَى مِنْ أَثَرِ الْمَضْمَضَةِ كَذَا فِي إيضَاحِ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ. اهـ. وَلَمَّا كَانَ هَذَا الْقَوْلُ خِلَافَ مَا عَلَيْهِ الْأَكْثَرُ مِنْ التَّفْصِيلِ حَاوَلَ الشَّارِحُ تَبَعًا لِلْمُصَنِّفِ فِي شَرْحِهِ بِحَمْلِ كَلَامِ الْمَتْنِ عَلَى مَا إذَا لَمْ يَصِلْ إلَى جَوْفِهِ؛ لِئَلَّا يُخَالِفَ مَا عَلَيْهِ الْأَكْثَرُ. قُلْت: وَمِنْ هَذَا يُعْلَمُ حُكْمُ مَنْ قَلَعَ ضِرْسَهُ فِي رَمَضَانَ وَدَخَلَ الدَّمُ إلَى جَوْفِهِ فِي النَّهَارِ وَلَوْ نَائِمًا فَيَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْقَضَاءُ إلَّا أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بِعَدَمِ إمْكَانِ التَّحَرُّزِ عَنْهُ فَيَكُونُ كَالْقَيْءِ الَّذِي عَادَ بِنَفْسِهِ فَلْيُرَاجَعْ (قَوْلُهُ: وَاسْتَحْسَنَهُ الْمُصَنِّفُ) أَيْ تَبَعًا لِشَرْحِ الْوَهْبَانِيَّةِ حَيْثُ قَالَ فِيهِ وَفِي الْبَزَّازِيَّةِ قَيَّدَ عَدَمَ الْفَسَادِ فِي صُورَةِ غَلَبَةِ الْبُصَاقِ بِمَا إذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ طَعْمَهُ وَهُوَ حَسَنٌ. اهـ. (قَوْلُهُ: هُوَ مَا عَلَيْهِ الْأَكْثَرُ) أَيْ مَا ذُكِرَ مِنْ التَّفْصِيلِ بَيْنَ مَا إذَا غَلَبَ الدَّمُ أَوْ تَسَاوَيَا أَوْ غَلَبَ الْبُصَاقُ هُوَ مَا عَلَيْهِ أَكْثَرُ الْمَشَايِخِ كَمَا فِي النَّهْرِ

رد المحتار ج٢ ص٣٩٦

 

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

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