Can we use eye drops or eye tubes for eye during fasting?
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use eye drops or eye tubes for eye during fasting?
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Answer:
Eye drops when
fasting
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 five things
which will break or invalidate the fast:
- Intentional eating
- Intentional 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 application of eye-drops or eye-tubes for the ailment in one’s
eyes do not effect the validity of one’s fast in the least….and Allah Alone
Knows Best.
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