{"id":33822,"date":"2024-11-18T10:54:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=33822"},"modified":"2024-12-27T21:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T21:23:46","slug":"swallowing-mucus-whilst-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/swallowing-mucus-whilst-fasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Swallowing Mucus Whilst Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 07698<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by Alimah Shireen Mangera-Badat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If I swallow phlegm\/mucus whilst I\u2019m fasting and it tastes salty. Will it break my fast?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b><br \/>\nAnswer:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Hanafi school of thought, swallowing phlegm or mucus does\u00a0<\/span><b>not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0invalidate the fast, even if it has a salty taste, provided it remains within the mouth or throat and is not brought up into the mouth and then swallowed intentionally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Phlegm that is naturally produced in the throat and then swallowed is considered part of the body&#8217;s internal process. Therefore, it does not break the fast because it has not left the body and re-entered from an external source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This indicates that swallowing mucus does not invalidate the fast since it has not exited and re-entered the body from an external source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In summary:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swallowing phlegm (or mucus)\u00a0<\/span><b>does not break<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the fast in the Hanafi madhhab.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Even if it tastes salty, as long as it hasn&#8217;t exited the body and then been swallowed intentionally, it is not considered a fast-breaking act.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by <\/span><span style=\"text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Alimah Shireen Mangera-Badat<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u0642\u0644\u062a \u0623\u0631\u0623\u064a\u062a \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u0642\u064a\u0623 \u0645\u0644\u0621 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0628\u0644\u063a\u0645\u0627 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0639\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0636\u0648\u0621 \u0642\u0644\u062a \u0648\u0643\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0632\u0627\u0642 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0646\u0639\u0645 \u0648\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0642\u0648\u0644 \u0623\u0628\u064a \u062d\u0646\u064a\u0641\u0629 \u0648\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0648\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u064a\u0648\u0633\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0644\u063a\u0645 \u0643\u063a\u064a\u0631\u0647 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0627\u0628 \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0644\u0621 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0623\u0639\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0636\u0648\u0621 \u0642\u0644\u062a \u0641\u0625\u0646 \u062a\u0642\u064a\u0623 \u0645\u0644\u0621 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0645\u0631\u0629 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0623\u0646 \u064a\u0639\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0636\u0648\u0621<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>\u00a0&#8211; \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0635\u0644 \u0644\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0646 \u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u064a &#8211; \u0628\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0636\u0648\u0621 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u063a\u0633\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0646\u0627\u0628\u0629 &#8211; \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u0648\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0628\u062a\u0644\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0644\u063a\u0645 \u0644\u0645 \u064a\u0641\u0633\u062f \u0635\u0648\u0645\u0647\u060c \u0644\u0623\u0646\u0647 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u0641 \u0644\u0645 \u064a\u062e\u0631\u062c\u060c \u0641\u0635\u0627\u0631 \u0643\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0621 \u0641\u064a \u0631\u0623\u0633\u0647&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Al-Hidayah, Volume 1, page 122)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; 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font-size: 12pt;\"><b>\u00a0&#8211; \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0628 \u0641\u064a \u0634\u0631\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 &#8211; \u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0647\u0627\u0631\u0629 &#8211; \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u062a\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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: 07698 &nbsp; &nbsp; Answered by Alimah Shireen Mangera-Badat &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; &nbsp; If I swallow phlegm\/mucus whilst I\u2019m fasting and it tastes salty&#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\/33822"}],"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=33822"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34684,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33822\/revisions\/34684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}