Does This Break My Fast? Interactive Fasting Checker for Ramadan 2026

How to Use This Tool

1. Search for any action in the search box above
2. Browse by category to explore common questions
3. Read the ruling with scholarly explanation
4. Share results with friends and family

Important Principles

Three Conditions for Breaking Fast

For an action to invalidate your fast, three conditions must be met:

1. Knowledge - You knew the action breaks the fast
2. Remembrance - You remembered you were fasting
3. Choice - You did it willingly, not by force

If any condition is missing, your fast remains valid.

Categories of Actions

Things That DEFINITELY Break the Fast:

• Eating or drinking intentionally
• Sexual intercourse
• Deliberate vomiting
• Menstruation or postpartum bleeding
• Nutritional injections or IV fluids

Things That DO NOT Break the Fast:

• Accidental eating/drinking (then remembering)
• Swallowing saliva
• Brushing teeth (without swallowing)
• Showering or swimming (without swallowing water)
• Non-nutritional injections
• Eye drops, ear drops
• Blood tests

Things That Are Debated:

• Asthma inhalers (most scholars allow)
• Nicotine patches
• Nasal sprays (depends on reaching throat)

When to Make Up a Fast

If your fast is invalidated, you must:

1. Stop the action immediately
2. Continue abstaining for the rest of the day (out of respect)
3. Make up the missed fast after Ramadan
4. Repent if the action was deliberate

Kaffarah (Expiation)

Required for deliberately breaking fast through sexual intercourse:

• Fast 60 consecutive days, OR
• Feed 60 poor people

Scholarly Sources

This tool’s rulings are based on:

• Quran and authentic Hadith
• Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA)
• European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR)
• Classical madhab positions (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, Hanbali)

Note: When in doubt, consult your local imam or scholar.

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