Issue 816: If any liquid enema is taken by a fasting person, their fast will be void even if they are obliged to do that for medical treatment; but taking suppositories for treatment does not invalidate one’s fast, and as an obligatory precaution, one must avoid taking suppositories with nutritional purposes.

9- Vomiting

Issue 817: If a person observing fast vomits intentionally, their fast will be void, even if it is due to illness.

Issue 818: If a person observing fast does not know they are fasting and vomits, or if they vomit involuntarily, their fast will not be void.

Issue 819: If a fasting person belches and something comes up to their throat or mouth, they must throw it out, and if it is swallowed involuntarily, the fast will be valid.

Issue 820: If something is forcibly dropped into the throat of a fasting person, or his head is forcibly immersed in water, their fast will be valid; but if they are compelled to break their fast, for instance, when they are told to do so or their life or property will be in danger and at risk, and they do so to avert the danger, their fast will be void on the basis of an obligatory precaution.

Q821: Will one’s fast be void if they swallow the phlegm in their throat?

A: Swallowing the phlegm in one’s throat does not invalidate one’s fast as long as it has not come up to one’s mouth.

Q822: Is it permissible to abandon fasting on account of weakness?

A: Fasting entails weakness and if this weakness is bearable and common, one is not allowed to abandon fasting.

Q823: Will the fast of a Junub person be valid if they are not able to perform Ghusl due to the unavailability of a bathroom, but perform Tayammum before the dawn Adhaan and perform Ghusl later?

A: If they perform Tayammum due to being short of time and enter the dawn time with Tayammum, their fast will be valid.