Wednesday, August 15, 2012

She put a face mask made of honey on her face and some of it got into her mouth when she was fasting

Is it permissible to put a face mask made of honey on the face? Please
note that it does not require more than a teaspoon of honey. I put
this mask on my face in Ramadaan on the basis of a fatwa that I read
which said that it is permissible to put any kind of cream on the skin
or any product so long as it is not swallowed. Some of the honey
entered my mouth and I tasted its sweetness but I did not swallow it.
Did that break my fast?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is nothing wrong with using honey on the face to remove
freckles, soften the skin and so on, so long as there is no
extravagance involved.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: Some
of my friends use eggs, honey and milk to treat freckles on the face.
Is it permissible for them to do that?
He replied: It is well known that these things are foods that Allaah
has created to nourish the body. If a person needs touse them for any
other purpose that is not impure, such as a remedy,then there is
nothing wrong with that, because Allaah says (interpretationof the
meaning): "He it is Who created for you all that is on earth"
[al-Baqarah 2:29]. The word lakum (for you) includes all beneficial
uses, so long as there is nothing to indicate that it is haraam.
With regard to using it forcosmetic purposes, there are other
materials which may be used for that purpose instead of this, soit is
better to use those. It should be noted that there is nothing wrong
with beautification, ratherAllaah is Beautiful and loves beauty. But
being soextravagant about it so that it becomes a person'smain concern
and he thinks about nothing else,and neglects a lot of his spiritual
and worldly interests for that, is not appropriate, because it comes
under the heading of extravagance, and Allaah does not love
extravagance. End quote from Fataawa al-Mar'ah, compiled by Muhammad
al-Musnad (p. 238).
Secondly:
If the honey entered your mouth and you tasted it without swallowing,
that does not affect your fast. It is permissible for the fasting
person to taste food if need be, then spit it out without swallowing.

And Allaah knows best.

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