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Swallowing Saliva While Fasting

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Mathabah.org

Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt

Question:

Is it permissible to swallow saliva while fasting? Does it break the fast?

Answer:

Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for your question.

Swallowing one’s own saliva will not invalidate the fast. (See: Badā’i al Ṣanā’i)

The act of one deliberately gathering, collecting and swallowing one’s own saliva, to quench thirst, while fasting, is disliked – makrūh – (See: Marāqī al Falāḥ)

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This answer was collected from Mathabah.org. It’s an Islamic educational institute based in Canada. The questions are generally answered by Sheikh Yusuf Badat and Sheikh Omar Subedar.

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