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Water seeping down the throat while fasting

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Q: I was keeping a Nafl fast. Whilst making wudhu, I was rinsing my mouth quite vigorously. I felt as though a drop of water slid down my throat. I was not gargling my mouth, just rinsing vigorously and with force. Did this break my fast?

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A: If you are sure that water seeped down the throat and at that time you were aware that you were fasting, then the fast has broken. You should make qadha of the broken fast. However if at the time the water seeped down the throat, you were not aware that you were fasting, then the fast did not break.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

(وإن أفطر خطأ ) كأن تمضمض فسبقه الماء

قال الشامي : ( قوله وإن أفطر خطأ ) شرط جوابه قوله الآتي قضى فقط وهذا شروع في القسم الثاني وهو ما يوجب القضاء دون الكفارة بعد فراغه مما لا يوجب شيئا والمراد بالمخطىء من فسد صومه بفعله المقصود دون قصد الفساد نهر عن الفتح قوله ( فسبقه الماء ) أي يفسد صومه إن كان ذاكرا له وإلا فلا لأنه لو شرب حينئذ لم يفسد فهذا أولى وقيل إن تمضمض ثلاثا لم يفسد وإن زاد فسد بدائع (رد المحتار 2/ 401)

وإن تمضمض أو استنشق فدخل الماء جوفه إن كان ذاكرا لصومه فسد صومه وعليه القضاء (الفتاوى الهندية 1/ 202)

امداد الفتاوى (2/129)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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