Law on Infusions and Injections during Fasting, Canceling or Not?
YOGYAKARTA - Many of us ask about the law of getting infusions and injections during Ramadan fasting, whether it can break the fast or not?
To find out the answer to this question, first you need to understand what an infusion and injection are.
Infusion is a medical procedure that is carried out to enter a large or long amount of medicinal fluids, nutrients, or blood products directly into the veins.
This procedure aims to restore electrolyte balance, fluid resuscitation in critical conditions, or rapid therapy that cannot be done by mouth.
Meanwhile, injection is a medical act of inserting fluids (drugs, vaccines, or nutrients) into the body using a syringe and hypodermic needle.
Injections are intended for disease prevention therapy or contraception. This procedure is carried out with various methods, ranging from intramuscular (muscle), intravenous (blood vessel, or subcutaneous (under the skin).
Law on Infusions and Injections during FastingAccording to Sheikh Yusuf Qaradhawi in the Mu'ashirah Fatwa, the use of infusions should be avoided during fasting. This is because giving infusions can make the body fresh again.
Quoted from the NU Online website, in the context of fasting, infusions can be reviewed from two sides, namely the entry process and the effects caused.
In terms of the process of entering, infusion does not invalidate fasting, because the entry of fluid into the body is not through the open perforated organs of the body. For example, the mouth, ears, anus, genitals, and nose.
However, in terms of the effects it produces, infusions can make the body fresher. Therefore, the safest way is to leave it, as taught by the Prophet Muhammad SAW in relation to the matter of syubhat (it is not clear whether it is halal or haram).
For this reason, it can be concluded that the opinion of 'breaking the fast' reflects a cautious attitude (al-ahwath) in religion.
In the injection procedure, most scholars argue that administering medicine through an injection line does not invalidate fasting, because the medicine or nutrients do not enter through an open hole.
Some other scholars state that if the injected is food nutrition, then it will invalidate fasting.
Meanwhile, some other scholars said that the injection procedure absolutely cancels fasting, whether in the form of food nutrition or medicine.
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