Answered by: Shaykh Umer Khan
Question:
Does swallowing saliva of one’s wife (by French kissing her), break the fast?
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
According to the Ḥanafī madhhab, if someone kisses his wife in such a way that the exchange of saliva occurs, the fast is broken. The fast would need to be made up, and a penalty (kaffārah) would have to be paid. If the exchange of saliva does not occur, then the fast would not be nullified (Ḥāshiyatu al-Ṭaḥṭāwī ʻalā Marāqī al-Falāḥ, 1/667).
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Written by Shaykh Umer Khan
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
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