Fatwa #22036 February 2001United States of America

Does swallowing of mucus break the fast?

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If someone has a throat infection and is coughing up green or yellow colored sputum if such sputum is swallowed will this invalidate the fast? Similarily if someone has a runny nose from the flu or common cold which is producing clear mucus, if this mucus is swallowed will the fast be invalidated?

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Swallowing Mucus or sputun does not invalidate the fast.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.

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