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Question: Flavoured Miswak

Whats the clear issue with miswak that has flavouring...


Thankyou for your answer, does it break the fast or not, is it allowed or not.
 
 
Answered by: Ulamaa ID 05 (Batley, England)
Date: 07/10/2005 17:51pm

Answer

In the name of Allah the Kind

The flavoured miswak's will break the fast. Because the taste has entered the mouth and the taste itself it made up of edible ingredients. The normal miswak which has no added tastes will not invalidate the fast. (Hidayah Kitabus Sawm)

And Allah Knows best
7th October 2005
Mufti Abubakr Karolia
Batley, U.K
Founder of the "Islamic Foundation for Theology and Research" (I.F.T.A.R)
 
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