Question:What is the ruling on fasting if one eats before the fast and: 1.Knows that something remains between the teeth. 2.Suspects that something might remain between the teeth—even after cleaning— with the possibility of swallowing it unintentionally?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if a person deliberately swallows anything during the day, their fast is invalid, and they must make it up and offer expiation. It is not permissible to leave anything between the teeth if one knows or suspects that it might enter the throat during fasting. Allah knows best.

Question:Is it permissible for a fasting person to rinse his mouth?

Answer:In the name of Allah, rinse the mouth for the purpose of performing ablution (wudhu) is not only permissible but recommended. However, if it's used for reasons other than ablution, it is disliked. In any case, one should be cautious and avoid swallowing any of the mouthwash. Allah knows best.

Question:Is it permissible for a fasting person to rinse his mouth?

Answer:In the name of Allah, rinse the mouth for the purpose of performing ablution (wudhu) is not only permissible but recommended. However, if it's used for reasons other than ablution, it is disliked. In any case, one should be cautious and avoid swallowing any of the mouthwash. Allah knows best.

Question:Does the sin, whether minor or major, invalidate the fast?

Answer:In the name of Allah, some sins do invalidate it such as adultery, sodomy and the like. Allah knows best.

Question:Does saliva that enters the mouth with various factors and is swallowed invalidate the fast?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if the saliva is generated from the internal pores of the mouth without adding something from outside the mouth, then it does not break the fast. Allah knows best.

Question:If the person who is to fast was in a state of ritual impurity (janabat state) and did not perform the ritual washing (ghusl) out of laziness, and when time was short, he did tayammum [soil ablution], is his fast valid with this tayammum?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if the ritual occurred before the time of refraining from fasting invalidators in the morning, then it is not valid. Additionally, he must make it up and pay atonement. Allah knows best.

Question:What is the ruling of inhaling steam while fasting?

Answer:In the name of Allah, there is no problem with that, provided that it does not turn into a liquid in the mouth and swallowed. Allah knows best.

Question:During the blessed month of Ramadan, I doubt that I am in a state of ritual impurity (Janabat state), and therefore I doubt that the fast is invalid. However, I am not sure of the impurity. What is the ruling on my fast?

Answer:In the name of Allah, as long as you are not sure whether you are in a state of ritual impurity, then your fast is valid. However, if it turns out after a while that you were in a state of ritual impurity during one of the days of Ramadan and you did not perform the ritual washing (ghusl), then you must make up for that day. Allah knows best.

Question:The doctor may have to use a scope for the patient. It can be medically defined as follows: the patient is given local anesthesia until his mouth and throat are anesthetized, then the doctor inserts a tube into the body equipped with a camera and light at the end through the mouth or nose. The doctor may have to use a mouth guard to prevent the patient from biting his tongue, and the scope takes pictures of a specific area in the body and sends the image to a TV screen in front of the doctor. What is the ruling of this for the fasting person?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if it is entered through the mouth, then the fast is invalidated, and if it is entered through the nose and passed through the throat (pharynx), then the fast is also affected. Otherwise, fasting is not affected. Allah knows best.

Question:Is the fast of a person who slanders Allah intentionally or unintentionally valid?

Answer:In the name of Allah, this one has invalidated his fast and he has to abstain for the rest of the day from fasting invalidators, perform it a missed fast, and atone for it. Allah is the Guide and Knowing.