Can i use my inhaler during the fast? does it break my fast?

**welcome_islam** · 08-03-2011

i suffer from Asthma and during the day, i need to use my inhaler but does it break my fast? i havent used it just yet. i thought i might just check before i use it. thanks

**Salahudeen** · 08-05-2011

Using a puffer for asthma does not invalidate the fast
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Does using a puffer for asthma in the mouth during the day in Ramadaan invalidate the fast for one who is suffering difficulty in breathing?.

Praise be to Allaah.
Using a puffer for asthma during the day in Ramadaan does not invalidate the fast.

The puffer used for asthma does not invalidate the fast because it is a pressurized gas that goes to the lungs, and is not food, and it is something that is always needed, in Ramadaan and at other times.

Fataawa al-Da’wah, Ibn Baaz, no. 979.

See the booklet Sab’oon Mas’alah fi’l-Siyaam (Seventy issues related to fasting).

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:

This puffer evaporates and does not reach the stomach, so in this case we say that there is nothing wrong with using this puffer when you are fasting, and you do not break your fast by doing that.

Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam, p. 475

The scholars of the Standing Committee said:

The asthma medication that the patient uses by inhaling it reaches the lungs via the trachea and does not reach the stomach, so it is not food or drink or anything of the sort… So it seems that the fast is not broken by using this medicine.

Fataawa Islamiyyah, 1/130

And Allaah knows best.

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**جوري** · 08-05-2011

May Allah swt grant you shifa

**welcome_islam** · 08-05-2011

Thank you for replying back!

**Welltravelled** · 04-30-2021

Remember that the replies that you have received are fatawaat: they are an opinion of some Shayook. Many shayook have considered anything that goes inside a bodily cavity will break the fast.

Someone who is severely asthmatic should consult with a Muslim doctor because for such a person, fasting may be impermissible.

**Welltravelled** · 04-30-2021

Not a problem.

Islam is not about hardship. Fasting is about building a relationship with Allah and not enduring hardship.

Those who can't fast pay fidya or make the fasts up within the year if able to.

**Eisenman** · 05-03-2021

Islamic rules state that people with long-term health conditions such as asthma do not have to fast, speak to your doctor about your options before you start.