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What breaks the fast in Ramadan?

Deliberate eating, drinking and marital intimacy break the fast. Medicine, illness, travel and forgetfulness need more careful context.

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Short answer

Deliberate eating, drinking and marital intimacy break the fast. Medicine, illness, travel and forgetfulness need more careful context.

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Source pointers

Quran 2:183-187 lays out fasting, concessions and night rulings. The Sunnah explains many practical cases.

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Context

Schools differ on details such as injections, inhalers, blood, vomiting and chronic illness. One-line online answers are risky here.

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Practical summary

Describe the exact action, intention, medical need and whether it happened during fasting hours.

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What breaks the fast in Ramadan?
Deliberate eating, drinking and marital intimacy break the fast. Medicine, illness, travel and forgetfulness need more careful context.
Source pointers
Quran 2:183-187 lays out fasting, concessions and night rulings. The Sunnah explains many practical cases.
Context
Schools differ on details such as injections, inhalers, blood, vomiting and chronic illness. One-line online answers are risky here.

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