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i was involved in a traffic accident today, and had head injuries, where i was sick. does this make my fast invalid if i vomitted and lost a lot of blood!
Question:
Does vomiting in small quantity invalidates fasting? It was something between spitting / hawk ans vomiting. I am disposed that it was either very little vomitting /i.e. aI was not able to keep my water down/ or some spitting. Please provide with right Islamic enterpretation of this issue.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Vomiting refers to when food etc is expelled from the stomach outside the body.
With regard to whether this breaks the fast or not, the ruling depends on whether it was done deliberately or not. If a person vomits deliberately, this breaks the fast and he has to make up that day. If he cannot help vomiting and vomits involuntarily, then his fast is still valid and he does not have to do anything else. We have already discussed this in question no. 38023.
If a person needs to vomit because he is sick and vomiting will help him to recover, then it is permissible for him to do that, but he has to make up that day after Ramadaan, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must be made up] from other days”
[al-Baqarah 2:185]
According to the correct scholarly view, it makes no difference whether the amount of vomit is great or small. If a person vomits deliberately and only a small amount comes out, the fast is broken. It says in al-Furoo’: If a person makes himself vomit and vomits anything, then his fast is broken, because of the report of Abu Hurayrah: “Whoever cannot help vomiting does not have to do anything but whoever makes himself vomit deliberately has to make up that day.” Al-Furoo’, 3/49. This hadeeth was narrated by Abu Dawood, 2380; al-Tirmidhi, 720 – he said the scholars follow this. It was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani.
But there is a difference between spitting and vomiting. Spitting and hawking etc do not come from the stomach, so there is nothing wrong with expelling that matter. But vomiting comes from the stomach as explained above.
And Allaah knows best.
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That must be strangest post I have read here in a long while!i was involved in a traffic accident today, and had head injuries, where i was sick. does this make my fast invalid if i vomitted and lost a lot of blood!
That must be strangest post I have read here in a long while!
You have a head injury and you worry about whether you have consequently broken your fast??? :?
I will never understand what kind of God you guys think you worship! :heated:
Sister, God wants you to rest yourself whilst you are recuperating!
He wants you to take care of your body!
He wants you to be well and able to live for him and serve him!
Please look after yourself.
Have you seen a doctor? Head injuries can be serious and need medical attention. You should also look out for any symptoms which may occur later. Vomiting, headaches, visual problems, co-ordination problems being just a few.
Please take care.![]()
i was involved in a traffic accident today, and had head injuries, where i was sick. does this make my fast invalid if i vomitted and lost a lot of blood!
waiyyakum brotherjazaks for the useful info @ stranger!!
that was not a good thing to sayI will never understand what kind of God you guys think you worship!
Thanks, manaalGlo,
you must understand that this sister is worried if her fast was invalidated because if it is she is obligated to fast on an extra day to make up for the lost day. Its a worry we all have.
I mean after fasting for nearly 30 days, its going to a blow when someone comes and tell you that you have to fat extra days because some of your fasts were invalid.
Please understand this. This has nothing to do with whether ir not Alaah wants us to rest when we meet with an accident. Its about whether or not she has to fast on an extra day.
Please don't be offended, Stranger! I meant no offence! :embarrassthat was not a good thing to say
as the brothers and sisters explained, the sister is just worried she would not eat the whole day and find out eventually her fast was invalid and she has to make it up
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Please don't be offended, Stranger! I meant no offence! :embarrass
I am just trying to express how incomprehensible I find some aspects of your faith.
I believe God to be loving, caring and forgiving ... and not condemning of people who fall short in their fasting through no fault of their own!
I equally don't believe God would want women to push themselves to fast during their pregnancy, nor to give up breast-feeding their very young babies for the sake of fasting ...
I have read the explanations people have given, and I apologize to manaal for hijacking her thread. :hiding:
Peace
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