Please let me know how a person can fast in the month of Ramadan, if he has a problem of bleeding gums throughout. He fears that this condition will be there even after Ramadan. Hence he does not have hope to complete the missed days. He constantly spits and tries the best not to swallow any part ofblood on realising the taste in his mouth.
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Brother Burhan,
Please let me know
how a person can fast in the month of Ramadan, if he has a problem of bleeding
gums throughout. He fears that this condition will be there even after Ramadan.
Hence he does not have hope to complete the missed days. He constantly spits
and tries the best not to swallow any part ofblood on realising the taste in
his mouth.
Thanks
& Regards
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Bleeding gums in ramadan fast
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
There are basically five
things which will break or invalidate the fast:
- Eating
- Drinking
- Sexual intercourse
- voluntary semen discharge
- the menstruation of the woman while fasting
The scholars and jurists in Islam are unanimous in their
opinion that the swallowing of one’s own saliva, or even the swallowing of the
bleeding of one’s gums do not effect the validity of one’s fast in any way
whatsoever. Thus if one has a medical
condition whereby one’s gums are bleeding, and one swallows the bleeding along
with their saliva, there is absolutely no harm as such swallowing does not
effect the validity of one’s fast in any way whatsoever.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister