- Acts that do not break the fast

1 If you eat, drink or have sexual intercourse by mistake then the fast does not break.

2 If a fly, smoke or dust goes down the throat then the fast does not break, however, if you purposely inhaled smoke then the fast will break if you know that you are fasting. For example, incense, loban was lighted and was brought near the mouth and the smoke was sucked up the nose, then the fast will break.

3 If you apply oil or lotion or surma on the body or eyes then the fast will not break and if the taste of the oil or surma is felt in the throat or if the saliva is coloured due to the surma then the fast will still not break [Radd- ul-Mohtar, Johra, Bahar].

4 If a fly goes down the throat then the fast will not break and if it is deliberately swallowed then the fast will break [Alamgiri, Bahar]. If whilst talking the lips got wet or you cleared your throat and then drank the saliva, then the fast will not break but you should refrain from doing this [Alamgiri, Durr-e-Mukhtar, Radd-ul- Mohtar, Bahar]

5 If your gums bled and the blood reached the throat but did not go down it, then the fast will not break [Durr- e-Mukhtar, Fatahul Qadir].

6 If you were eating by mistake and as soon as you remembered you spat out the food then the fast will not break and if you swallowed the food then the fast will break [Alamgiri].

7 You started eating (sehri) before the break of dawn and whilst you were eating you saw that the morning had broken and you spat out the food in your mouth then the fast will not break and if you swallowed the food then the fast will break [Alamgiri].

8 If you chewed a linseed or something of equivalent size and it went down the throat with your saliva then the fast will not break, if however, you felt the taste of it then the fast will break [Fatahul Qadir].

9 If medicine is grounded or flour is sieved and you felt the taste in your throat then the fast will not break [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Fatahul Qadir etc.].

10 If water went inside the ears then the fast will not break [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Fatahul Qadir]

11 If you talked badly about someone behind their back then the fast will not break, however to backbite is a very large sin. It is stated in the Quran that to backbite is the same as eating the flesh of one's dead brother, it is quoted in the Hadith that backbiting is worse than adultery and by backbiting the light (Noor) of fasting will disappear [Durr-e-Mukhtar].

12 If you kissed but did not ejaculate then the fast does not break, and in the same way you looked at a woman or her private parts but did not touch her and ejaculated or reached orgasm even though you looked many times or you thought about intercourse for a long time or kept on thinking about sexual activities and then ejaculated, then in all these situations the fast will not break [Johra, Durr-e-Mukhtar].

13 If you had a wet dream (nocturnal emission) then the fast will not break.

14 If you remained in a state where bathing is obligatory (Junub) until the morning, in fact remained like that all day then the fast will not break, however to remain like that so that you miss a Namaz is Haram and it is quoted in the Hadith that where there is a Junub person in a house the angels of mercy do not enter the house [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Bahar].

15 If you had intercourse in any other hole except for the two passages below then unless you ejaculate the fast will not break. Also, if you masturbated but did not ejaculate then the fast does not break although this act is strictly Haram and it is stated in the Hadith that those who do this are not with me ( Prophet) [Durr-e- Mukhtar, Bahar].