 I would like to welcome you all back to yet another segment of our discussion in the rulings of fasting and the rulings of Psalm. There are nine specific acts or actions which invalidate any particular fast. So any fast is actually invalidated or deemed void if one undertakes one of any of these nine specific actions. Number one, eating or drinking. Number two, sexual intercourse. Number three, masturbation. Number four, ascribing false things to Allah and the Ahlul Bayt. Number five, purposely swallowing thick dust or smoke. Number six, amensing one's head completely into water. Number seven, remaining in the state of Janabah or Haidh or Nifas until Fajr from the night until Fajr. Number eight, vomiting by purpose, forcing oneself to throw up. And number nine, enema with liquid, which I will explain all in further detail inshallah as we proceed in our discussion. Now let's discuss the aspect number one, which is the eating and drinking. If a person intentionally while being conscious of his fast eats or drinks his during the day inshallah or any fast his fast is deemed invalid or void. Irrespective of whether that which he ate or drank was usually eaten or drink or drunk for example. If he used to eat bread or water, eat bread or drink water or if he used to eat for example dirt and drink for example car oil, it doesn't matter what it was that he ate or drank anything that passes the throat is deemed eating and drinking and invalidates your fast. No matter even the amount consumed. So it could be a speck of dirt or it could be a single millilitre or a drop of any sort of liquid. If while eating and drinking one realizes that it is time of, it is the time of Fajr dawn, he or she should stop eating immediately and remove the food or whatever is left inside their mouth and be sure not to swallow any of it anymore so that they do not ruin their fast for the coming day. If a person whilst fasting eats or drinks forgetfully which happens on many occasions someone's fasting he's very thirsty he sees a bottle of water or a jug of water and drinks forgetfully only to realize five or six or ten minutes after that I've actually once read a narration which says it's a present from the Imam or it's a gift from the Imam it's a get out of jail free pass. If one eats or drinks forgetfully only to later remember his fast is still deemed valid because he was nasi he was forgetful it was not through purpose. There are no objections to any injections of anesthetic or the like in any particular limb used for any purpose whilst one is observing a fast however it is preferred to avoid injections with the use and the purpose of anything other than medication. So medications are deemed fine through the form of an injection although it is recommended to abstain from any of the above. If a person fasting intentionally swallows any food particles that remain in between his teeth or in his mouth throughout the day from the last meal the night before for example his fast is deemed invalid why because his swallowing was purpose full if it was out of for example forgetfulness or it was not purpose he wasn't meant then there is no issue with that if he could it's actually better if he could remove it swallowing saliva does not invalidate the fast saliva which builds up in one's mouth does not invalidate the fast and there is no harm in swallowing one's phlegm or mucus so long as it's inside the throat if it comes out onto the tongue or into the mouth out of obligatory precaution it is recommended not to swallow it actually recommended to remove it from one's mouth. Now this ruling is for the fantastic brothers and sisters who do all the cooking for us the fasting and actually slave away preparing meals even though it is maybe very hard because the smells and the aromas throughout the day for the fasting brothers and sisters to break their fast at night often we're asked the food is either too salty or too bland or too spicy because those cooking the mothers the sisters the brothers anyone was not able to taste the food whilst cooking when tasting food generally it stays on the tongue or inside the mouth it does not go into the back of the throat however if somebody knows that if he tastes the food it is going to go into his throat it is impermissible for him to taste the food but if he knows that through tasting it will just stay on his tongue and then he could remove it after tasting the food remove the food in all its particles and aspects there is no issue with tasting the food if one knows beforehand that the food they are tasting will reach his throat then his fast will be deemed invalid because he purposely put the food or the drink or whatever it is into his mouth and he should perform its qawar its makeup and pay a kafara a kafara being either the freeing of a slave or the fasting of two months or the feeding of 16 80 people which is we call kafara kabirah the large kafara of purposely breaking one's fast finally if a person is unable to fast due to weakness or illness of any sort to the extent that it is unbearable for him to fast it's not to the extent for example that i get dizzy if i fast or if i fast you know um for example i get bad breath or if i fast you know i don't feel right the only way one can break his fast whilst during the during the month of shah ramadan is if this person is unable to fast it is physically harming this person or his health or fasting is harming this person or his health and therefore it is there is no issue with breaking one's fast and in some cases it may also be haram for one to fast if one knows that he will suffer any sort of pains or what have you deteriorating of his uh condition just as a mental note islam came to clear up the brighter picture and to change society to the better and move the muslims and anyone who was of the like for example ahlithimma those who lived amongst the muslims and islamic land out of the darkness into the light when one is unable to fast for a sharia reason for a reason that which is purposeful which is legal which is jews prudential jews prudentially okay from him not to fast when one is not fasting he shouldn't flaunt the fact that he's not fasting he or she is not fasting for example if i was traveling and it i was unable to fast i came i reached my home or my city after salat al dohor for example i shouldn't go buy an ice cream and eat on the street i should hide the fact that i'm not fasting why so that the general picture of the muslim community is a fasting picture because if every single one of us who had a reason i'm not talking about those who don't have reasons who just break their fast for the sake of it i'm saying even the brothers and sisters who break their fasts with the right reasons and intentions if they were to eat and drink in public for example that would be a reason for others to eat and drink and break their fast in public and then slowly slowly the entire society would look like a non-fasting society and fasting was something done as a precaution or something that was done out of mustahab recommended it was no longer something wajib it loses its its face value that was just on a mental note inshallah we will continue our discussion in the coming episodes inshallah on the intentions of fasting and the the things and the aspects that break ones fast