• Prayers & Duties >> Sawm (Fasting)

    Question ID: 161433Country: Bangladesh

    Title: Today I kept fast but my tonsil pain started therefore needed to gargle. Can I gargle during fasting?

    Question: Today I kept fast but my tonsil pain started therefore needed to gargle. Can I gargle during fasting?

    Answer ID: 161433

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 31/775/SN=8/1439)

     

    You should bear a little pain but should not gargle in the state of fasting as in case water enters down the throat while gargling then your fast will be annulled. 

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India