{"id":23139,"date":"2021-10-29T09:25:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=23139"},"modified":"2021-10-29T09:25:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:25:19","slug":"breaking-fast-because-of-sinusitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/breaking-fast-because-of-sinusitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Fast Because of Sinusitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 05516<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Answered by: Mufti Irfan Ali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Assalaamu Alaykum, I have a sinus problem known as sinusitis, and this causes a lot of pain to the right side of my face since the 2nd of May. Dehydration makes this condition and pain very worse hence fasting is very difficult for me. Also there I also have a nasal dripping problem that I cannot control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Will it be Halal for me to break my fast because of how great this pain is?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The matter of fasting is quite clearly outlined in Islam as being Fard, meaning it is compulsory to fast. The only time one will be exempt from fasting shall be if a person has a valid reason Islam considers valid for the fast to be left out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Sinusitis is a condition in which the sinus swells after an infection has occurred, which can be treated without any complications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/sinusitis-sinus-infection\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/sinusitis-sinus-infection\/<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Based on the above information if one has such a condition in which the pain is bearable one should not forsake the fast, however, if strongly advised by a medical professional to forsake the fast one can consider it. Taking into consideration the opinion of a Muslim, practising doctor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The excessive fluid coming from the nasal will not nullify the fast, it is also permissible to take nasal drops or use nasal sprays as these will not nullify the fast, these options could be utilised prior to terminating the fast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><u>(Kitabul Nawazil v.6 p.361 Darul Ishat)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Written by Mufti Irfan Ali<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 05516 &nbsp; Answered by: Mufti Irfan Ali &nbsp; Question &nbsp; Assalaamu Alaykum, I have a sinus problem known as sinusitis, and this causes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23181,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139\/revisions\/23181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}