Inhaler and Nasal Spray

Question
If a person who has ASTHMA and has to use anInhaler at least twice a
day, and these are used atSehri & Iftaar, can the Inhaler be used
whilst fasting in the case of need?
If a person suffers from Hayfever and also one uses a Nasal Spray
which is used during Sehri & Iftaar and can the Nasal Spray be used
whilst fasting in case of need?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Both Ashthma inhalerand nasal spray may be used at Sehri and then at Ift ā r.
As for during fast:
1. Asthma pump is specifically designed to pass the medication through
ones throat. Using theasthma inhaler during fast without any need for
it, will invalidate the fast and a Qadha along with a Kaffarah will
have to be kept for the invalidated fast. However, if the inhaler is
used in case of an asthma attack, then only a Qadha will be wajib
without kaffarah.
2. Nasal Spray is used for the inner lining ofthe nose. It is makruhto
use an inhaler during fast. If the medication from the nasal spray
passes the throat, then the fast is invalidated and a Qadha will have
to be kept alongwith a kaffarah. However, if the spray is used in case
of an attack, then only a Qadha will become wajib without kaffarah.
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And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Question on using deodorant while fasting

Question
If one intentionally uses deodorant spray knowingthat you are fasting
and then despite your efforts to hold your breath or cover your mouth
and nose with a cloth you still inhale and you feel the smell strongly
on your nose, will the fast still break and will the kaffarah have to
be performed?
And is intentionally deodorant is used but oneforgets to take measures
to prevent inhalation will the fast break then?
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Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
In principle, if one uses a deodorant spray or any other spray that
has a chemical form and makeup in the state of fasting and such a
spray passes one's throat while fasting unintentionally, then one's
fast is not broken.
However, if such sprays pass one's throat intentionally, then one's
fast is broken on account of such an action. [1]
Since the passing of such sprays is unintentional in both the
scenarios in reference, one's fast is still valid.
If one's fast is brokendue to the intentionalinhalation and passing
down of suchsprays, then both Qadha and Kaffarah becomes Wajib. [2]
We advise one to be more cautious and careful when using such sprays
as they could jeopardize one's fast.
And Allah Ta'āla Knows Best/

Should one return salaams to aparrot?!

In my grandfather's house thereis a real live parrot, and when I pass
by it, it greets me and says 'al-salaamu 'alaykum". In this case do I
have to return the greeting of this bird?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Al-Fayyoomi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The babgha' (parrot) is a well-known bird. The word babgha' may be
masculine or feminine, and the plural is Babghawaat.
Al-Misbaah al-Muneer fi Ghareeb al-Sharh al-Kabeer, 1/35
Secondly:
It seems that it is not prescribed to return the greeting of a parrot
which has learnt how to say salaams, because saying salaam is an act
of worship and a supplication which requires intention on the part of
the one who said it, and there is no suchintention on the part of this
trained creature. So one should not return its greeting. The ruling is
the same as that on a tape on which the greeting is recorded and can
be heard. It is transmission of sound and doesnot come under the
ruling on greeting when it is broadcast live, in which case returning
thegreeting is prescribed and is a communal obligation (fard
kifaayah).
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Sometimes the greeting may be recorded and they put it on the tape and
run it. If it is recorded then you are not obliged to return the
greeting, because thisis just transmission of sound.
Liqa' al-Bab al-Mmaftooh, 28/229
See the rest of the fatwa and details on this issue in the answer to
question number 128737 .
Based on that, the parrot does not intend to give the greeting of
salaam, because it does not possess the power of reason, and when it
speaks it is just repeating what it has been taught, without meaning
what itsays.
Some of the scholars have stated that it is not prescribed toprostrate
if one hears a verse from a parrot or from a recorded tape.
One of the conclusions of the book Bahjat al-Asma' fi Ahkaam al-Samaa'
fi'l-Fiqh al-Islami by Prof. 'Ali ibn Dhariyaan ibn Faaris al-Hasan
al-'Anzi (published by Dar al-Manaar in Kuwait) is:
The listener need not do the prostration of recitation if he hears it
from a source that is nothuman, such as a trained bird like a parrot
or hearing it from an echo. End quote.
And Allah knows best.

It is haraam for a man to shake hands with a non-mahram woman in the Maaliki madhhab

I want to know in what reference it says that Imam Maalik forbade a
man to shake hands with a non-mahram woman.
There is an opinion which says that there are four possible scenarios,
and in only one is it regarded as haraam for a man to shake hands with
a non-mahram woman. These four scenarios are: when the one who is
shaking hands does it for the sake of pleasure and finds pleasure in
it; when he does it for the sake of pleasure but does not find
pleasure in it; when he does not do it for the sake of pleasure but
finds pleasure in it; and when he doesnot do it for the sake of
pleasure and does not find pleasure in it.
Who is the author of this opinion? Does he belong to the Maaliki madhhab?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
In Mukhtasar al-Akhdari and other Maaliki books there is an indication
that it is haraam to shake hands with a non-mahram woman according to
the madhhab of Maalik (may Allah have mercy on him).
'Aleesh said in Minah al-Jaleel Sharh Mukhtasar Khaleel (1/22): It is
not permissible for a man totouch the face or hand of a non-mahram
woman, and it is not permissible for them to put their hands together
without a barrier. 'Aa'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) never accepted the
oath of allegiance (bay'ah) of a woman by holdingher hand; he would
accept women's oath of allegiance verbally. According to another
report: His hand never touched the hand of a woman; rather he would
accept their oath of allegiance verbally. End quote.
Secondly:
The details that you mentioned have to do with losing wudoo' by
touching; wudoo' is broken in the event of seeking pleasure,or finding
pleasure (even if he was not seeking it), or seeking itand finding it.
Wudoo' is not broken when one does not seekpleasure or find it.
The prohibition is connected to doing it deliberately, whether there
is pleasure or not.

And Allah knows best.