5th May 2021
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
Question: Is it permissible to receive the Covid vaccine while fasting?
الجواب حامداً و مصلياً
In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer: In reference to your query, as a standard principle anything that reaches the throat or stomach through the qualified cavity for instance, mouth, nose and the anus (leading to the intestines) breaks the fast. [1] COVID vaccine injections is taken in the arm which is not the qualified passage that reaches to the throat or the stomach. It is therefore permissible to take the Covid vaccine injection whilst fasting and in doing so, the fast will not break.
[Allāh Knows Best]
Written by: Apa Zulaikha Yasir Reviewed by: Mufti Abdul Waheed
Attested by: Shaykh Mufti Saiful Islam
JKN Fatawa Department
[1] Fatawe Hindiyyah, Chapter of Fasting, vol 1, page 402.
ﻭﻓﻲ ﺩﻭاء اﻟﺠﺎﺋﻔﺔ ﻭاﻵﻣﺔ ﺃﻛﺜﺮ اﻟﻤﺸﺎﻳﺦ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺃﻥ اﻟﻌﺒﺮﺓ ﻟﻠﻮﺻﻮﻝ ﺇﻟﻰ اﻟﺠﻮﻑ ﻭاﻟﺪﻣﺎﻍ ﻻ ﻟﻜﻮﻧﻪ ﺭﻃﺒﺎ ﺃﻭ ﻳﺎﺑﺴﺎ ﺣﺘﻰ ﺇﺫا ﻋﻠﻢ ﺃﻥ اﻟﻴﺎﺑﺲ ﻭﺻﻞ ﻳﻔﺴﺪ ﺻﻮﻣﻪ، ﻭﻟﻮ ﻋﻠﻢ ﺃﻥ اﻟﺮﻃﺐ ﻟﻢ ﻳﺼﻞ ﻟﻢ ﻳﻔﺴﺪ ﻫﻜﺬا ﻓﻲ اﻟﻌﻨﺎﻳﺔ، ﻭﺇﺫا ﻟﻢ ﻳﻌﻠﻢ ﺃﺣﺪﻫﻤﺎ، ﻭﻛﺎﻥ اﻟﺪﻭاء ﺭﻃﺒﺎ ﻓﻌﻨﺪ ﺃﺑﻲ ﺣﻨﻴﻔﺔ – ﺭﺣﻤﻪ اﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ – ﻳﻔﻄﺮ ﻟﻠﻮﺻﻮﻝ ﻋﺎﺩﺓ ﻭﻗﺎﻻ ﻻ ﻟﻌﺪﻡ اﻟﻌﻠﻢ ﺑﻪ ﻓﻼ ﻳﻔﻄﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﺸﻚ، ﻭﺇﻥ ﻛﺎﻥ ﻳﺎﺑﺴﺎ ﻓﻼ ﻓﻄﺮ اﺗﻔﺎﻗﺎ ﻫﻜﺬا ﻓﻲ ﻓﺘﺢ اﻟﻘﺪﻳﺮ
Durrul Mukhtar wa Hashiyah Ibn Abideen, Chapter of Fasting vol 2 p.400
بَابُ مَا يُفْسِدُ الصَّوْمَ وَمَا لَا يُفْسِدُهُ
لِأَنَّ الْعِلَّةَ مِنْ الْجَانِبَيْنِ الْوُصُولُ إلَى الْجَوْفِ وَعَدَمُهُ بِنَاءً عَلَى وُجُودِ الْمَنْفَذِ وَعَدَمِهِ لَكِنَّ هَذَا يَقْتَضِي عَدَمَ الْفَسَادِ فِي حَشْوِ الدُّبُرِ وَفَرْجِهَا الدَّاخِلِ وَلَا مُخَلِّصَ إلَّا بِإِثْبَاتِ أَنَّ الْمَدْخَلَ فِيهِمَا تَجْذِبُهُ الطَّبِيعَةُ فَلَا يَعُودُ إلَّا مَعَ الْخَارِجِ الْمُعْتَادِ وَتَمَامُهُ فِي الْفَتْحِ. قُلْت: الْأَقْرَبُ التَّخَلُّصُ بِأَنَّ الدُّبُرَ وَالْفَرْجَ الدَّاخِلَ مِنْ الْجَوْفِ إذْ لَا حَاجِزَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَبَيْنَهُ فَهُمَا فِي حُكْمِهِ وَالْفَمُ وَالْأَنْفُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُمَا وَبَيْنَ الْجَوْفِ حَاجِزٌ إلَّا أَنَّ الشَّارِعَ اعْتَبَرَهُمَا فِي الصَّوْمِ مِنْ الْخَارِجِ.