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f:881 -    Oxygen in fast
 Country : Hyderabad, India,
Name : Muhammad Afsar
Question:     During a fast itself, my father?s health deteriorated and he was taken to the hospital, where he was placed on oxygen.  The question is about the fast in which he was placed on oxygen.  Is it valid or was it invalidated (Fasid)?
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Answer:     Fasting is to stay away from food and sex from sunrise to sunset.  Breathing is necessary for life.  People are placed on oxygen when they have difficulty breathing.  Oxygen is included in breathing itself and there is no undesirability in using artificial oxygen while fasting.  It does not invalidat the fast.

However if some medicine is sent along with the oxygen, then the fast will be invalidated.  As mentioned in Fatawa A’alamgiri, Vol.  1, Pg No: 206 and Bahr Ur Raiq, Vol. 2, Pg No: 300.

And Allah Most High knows best.

Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri

[Professor, Islamic Law, Jamia Nizamia,
Founder-Director Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center]
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