Using toothpaste whilst fasting

Question(s):
Does using toothpaste break your fast?

Answer(s):
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Using toothpaste will not break the fast unless it is swallowed down the throat. Nonetheless, doing so is disliked (makruh) due to the high risk of the fast being broken due to swallowing.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best.
Ibn Talha

Approved by:
Mufti Tahir Wadee | Mufti Yusuf Ilolvi

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Reference(s):
قال (كره للصائم سبعة أشياء ذوق شيء) لما فيه من تعريض الصوم للفساد
[Maraqi al-Falah, 1/256, Asriyyah]

وكره ذوق شيء – مفطر من غداء أو دواء؛ لأن فيه تعريض الصوم للفساد من غير ضرورة
[Majma’ al-Anhur, 1/247, Dār Ihya al-Turāth]

قال: (وكره ذوق شيء ومضغه بلا عذر ومضغ العلك) أما كراهية الذوق فلأنه تعرض لإفساد صومه
[Tabyīn al-Haqā’iq, 1/330, Bulāq]

وكره له ذوق شيء وكذا مضغه بلا عذر
[Al-Durr al-Mukhtār, 2/416, HM Saeed]

قوله: (وكره إلخ) الظاهر أن الكراهة في هذه الأشياء تنزيهية
[Radd al-Muhtār, 2/416, HM Saeed]

روزہ میں منجن یا ٹوتھ پیسٹ ملنا؟
الجواب: مکروہ ہے، اور اگر کوئی چیز حلق سے نیچے اتر گئی تو روزہ فاسد ہوجاۓ گا۔
[Ahsan al-Fatāwa, 4/439, HM Saeed]

Also refer to: Fatāwa Qāsmiyyah, 11/477, Ashrafi

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