Answered by: Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji
Question:
What was the final resolution on the steam bath breaking the fast? Would humidified CPAP come under that?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Inhaling steam will break the fast.1
Humidified CPAP will fall under the same ruling. patients who cannot fast due to their health conditions should remain confident that Allah ﷻ will grant them their full reward on account of the sincerity of their intentions and by accepting the compensation (fidya) they offer instead.
Only Allah knows best
Written by Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
1 Ad-Durr Al-Mukhtar , Volume 2 , Page 395 , Darul Fikr Beirut
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