Effect of food coming back up from the stomach when one is fasting

I have a problem in my stomach that makes food come back up when I
have some liquid in the mouth, and this happenedin Ramadan. Do I have
to make up that day?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If something comes back up out of the stomach into the mouth, then the
fasting person must spit itout; if he deliberately swallows it, his
fast is invalidated, but if he swallows it without meaning to, he does
not have to do anything.
Standing Committee for Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah -

There is nothing wrong with a fasting person using cream or ointment for haemorrhoids

Does using cream or ointment for haemorrhoids, whether inside or
outside, in Ramadan break the fast and require the fast to be made
up?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Using cream or ointment for haemorrhoids does not affect the fast.
And Allah is the source of strength. May Allah send blessings and
peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and Companions. End
quote.
Standing Committee for Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez Aal al-Shaykh,
Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, Shaykh Bakr
Abu Zayd
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah/

Does acupuncture affectthe fast?

Does acupuncture, if it is used to decrease or increase weight, break
thefast of one who is fasting?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Using needles is an ancient Chinese way of reducing pain and treating
a number of various diseases by inserting needles into various parts
of the body.
The specialist in this field, who is called the acupuncturist, inserts
a sharp needle into any oneof hundreds of specific points on the body.
Insertion of the needle causes a sharp prick, but this quickly
dissipates, to be followed by a pricklingsensation or feelings of
dizziness or drowsiness, or by pain when the needle is left in place.
Acupuncture is used to reduce pain and to treat various cases which
include arthritis, asthma, migraine, abscesses and eye diseases, in
addition to some forms of mental illness. The Chinese still use this
method and sincethe end of the 1950s this traditional method has been
used to reduce pain in major surgery, where the patient remains awake
but feels a little discomfort or does not feel any pain at all.
See: al-Mawsoo'ah al-'Arabiyyah al-'Ilmiyyah (al-Wakhz bi'l-Ibar).
Secondly:
Abu'l-Waleed ibn Rushd said:
They are unanimously agreed that at the time offasting, the fasting
personmust abstain from food and drink, and intercourse, because Allah
says (interpretation of themeaning):
"So now have sexual relations with them and seek that which Allaah has
ordained for you (offspring), and eat and drink until the white thread
(light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread
(darkness of night)"
[al-Baqarah 2:187]
And they differed concerning some issues. Some they kept quiet about
and some they spoke about. As for those that they kept quiet about,
one of them has todo with what reaches the inside of the body
(al-jawf) but is not nourishment and what reaches the inside of the
body by a route other than that by which food and drink reach it, such
as injections.
The reason for their differences is based on the way they looked at
that which nourishes and that which does not nourish, because the
textsspeak of that which nourishes. So those who thought of fasting as
a rational concept did not regard that which nourishes as being the
same as that which does not nourish. Those who thought of fasting as
an act of worship and something that is not subject to any rational
discussion said that what is meant by fasting is simply refraining
from whatever may reach the inside of the body, whether it is
nourishing or not nourishing.
Thirdly:
Injections which are meant as medical treatment and not as foodor
nourishment do not break the fast of the fasting person, whether they
are intravenous or intramuscular. Injections which are meant to
provide nourishment do break the fast, as is the view of the majority
of modern scholars.
This has been discussed previously in the answer to question no. 65632
. See also Muftiraat al-Siyaam al-Mu'aasirah by Dr. Ahmad al-Khaleel,
65-68
Fourthly:
The needles used in acupuncture do not come under the same heading as
injections meant to provide nourishment and they do not come under the
heading of food or drink; rather no kind of solution or liquid can be
introduced to the body through them, as is the case with regular
medicinal injections. Rather they are a kind of pricking that is
administered to specific places on the body with no intention of using
them to introduce any kind of liquid into the body, as mentioned
above.
Based on that, they do not affect the fast and there is nothing wrong
with using them for medicinal treatments, if it is proven that they
are of benefit to the patient.
And Allah knows best.

using smokeless tobacco; does it break the fast?

One man suffers from anxiety, tension and depression, and he has been
using a remedy for 10 years. From the beginning of Ramadan this year
he experienced increased anxiety and could not sleep until 10 a.m. For
a long time he has been using smokeless tobacco (which is a form of
tobacco that is placed inside the mouth, under the lower lip --
sometimes known as "dipping tobacco" or "moist snuff"). He has been
using it for twenty-five years and he used it in Ramadan this year. He
also used it last year during the fast because, according to what he
says, it reduces the pain and anxiety he is sufferingfrom. What does
he have to do with regard to those days when he brokethe fast (if it
is regarded as breaking the fast)? It was approximately 13 days this
year and 5 days in Ramadan last year. Should he also feed the poor?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
We ask Allah, may He be exalted, to give you and your father, and all
the Muslims, well-being, for He is most generous and kind.
Secondly:
"Smokeless tobacco" is a type of tobacco that is notburned and may be
mixedwith other substances; it is used by some people who place it in
their mouths. The ruling on thissubstance is no different from the
ruling on cigarettes.
Shaykh 'Abd-Allah ibn Jibreen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
There is no doubt that cigarettes, nargilah (shisha), smokeless
tobacco and the like are haram, because they are all evil and
unlawful. Allahsays (interpretation of themeaning):
"He allows them as lawfulAt-Tayyibât (i.e. all good and lawful as
regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods), and prohibits them as
unlawful Al-Khabâ'ith (i.e. all evil and unlawful as regards things,
deeds, beliefs, persons and foods)"
[al-A 'raaf 7:157].
And because they damagepeople's health and cause serious diseases that
may lead to death, and Allah says (interpretation of themeaning):
"And do not kill yourselves"
[al-Nisa' 4:29]
"and do not throw yourselves into destruction"
[al-Baqarah 2:195].
And because it is extravagance and a wasteof money on something that
is of no benefit, and the spendthrifts are the brothers of the devils
(cf. 17:27). We advise anyone who is tested with any of these things
to repent and give it up immediately, and to resolve not to go back to
it, and to seek the help of Allah in quitting it, and to be patient
for a few days until he is able to give it up completely and put an
end to the pain that it causes him. And Allah is the Healer. End quote
from Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/446
Thirdly:
Smokeless tobacco breaksthe fast, because when it is placed in the
mouth it dissolves and some particles of it enter the stomach with the
saliva.
The scholars of the Standing Committee wereasked:
What is the ruling on using smokeless tobacco in general, and what is
the ruling on using it during the day in Ramadan in particular? Does
it break the fast if someone uses it during the day in Ramadan? Please
note that some of the people of Tihaamah Qahtaan use smokeless tobacco
during the day in Ramadan and claim that itdoes not break the fast.
They replied: Smokeless tobacco is an evil substance because it is
composed of an evil, haraam substance. If it is used by one who is
fasting, in addition to it being sinful, it also breakshis fast, the
same as any other substance that breaks the fast.
And Allah is the source of strength. May Allah sent blessings and
peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his Family and Companions. End
quote.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn 'Abd-Allah Aal al-Shaykh, Shaykh 'Abd-Allah
ibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, vol. 1, 22/142
Based on this, your father has to make up the days that he broke the
fast by using smokeless tobacco during last Ramadan and the one
before. But if yourfather did not know that smokeless tobacco breaks
the fast, then his fast is valid, because the one who fasts is excused
for ignorance of what breaks the fast.
For more information please see the answer to question no. 93866
You should try to advise your father to give up thisevil substance.
Tell him that it is of no benefit in treating insomnia and anxiety;
rather it causes more insomnia and anxiety. We ask Allah to guide your
father and accept his repentance.
For more information on dealing with stress and anxiety,

And Allah knows best.