[Q-ID0487] Does a nosebleed nullify the Fast?
Question
What do the scholars of the Din and muftis of the Sacred Law state regarding the following issue, that does the fast become invalid due to having a nosebleed? Questioner: Hafiz Aqeel from Birmingham
Answer
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب
The fast does not become invalid from having a nosebleed unless it goes down to the throat because usually a fast becomes invalid from something entering the body, not exiting (except semen and vomit).
Thus, it is stated in Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah,
اَاْفِطْرُ مِمَّا دَخَلَ وَ لَيْسَ مِمَّا يَخْرُجُ
A fast becomes invalid from whatever enters the body and it does not become invalid from whatever exits the body.
(Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah, Hadith no. 9319, Maktabah al-Rashad wa al-Riyād)
And with regards to Fatawā Qādī Khān, it’s stated in Tabyeen al-Haqāiq Sharh Kanz al-Daqāiq that,
لَوْ دَخَلَ دَمْعُهُ أوْ عَرَقُ جَبِيْنِهِ أوْ دَمُ رُعَافِهِ حَلْقَهُ فَسَدَ صَوْمُهُ
And if the tears, sweat from the forehead, or nosebleed of a fasting person has entered his throat, then his fast has become invalid.
(Tabyeen al-Haqāiq Sharh Kanz al-Daqāiq, Kitāb al-Siyām, Vol. 1, Pg. 324, printed by al-Matba’ah al-Kubrā al-Ameeriyah al-Qāhirah, Misr)
Allah knows best
Answered by Abu Hanzalah Khalid Tasneem Al-Madani
Translated by Haider Ali
Verified by: Mufti Atta Muhammad Mushahidi (Head of Dar ul Ifta Hashmat ul Raza)
Read the original answer in Urdu here: [Q-ID0487] Does a nosebleed nullify the Fast?
