Question
I would like to know the ruling that if a person has a problem in his mouth that the gums bleed unintentionally at various times and cannot be stopped. The blood mixes with the saliva and unintentionally swallowed [at this point if you have to spit the blood is more than the saliva] This does not happen every day, it can happen more than once a day sometimes once in three days and sometimes once a week.
Does it break the fast? Should qadha of the fast be kept?
Answer
The fast will break by swallowing saliva in which the blood content is more. Qadha of the fast will be incumbent on such a person. The colour will determine whether the saliva is more than the blood or not. If it is pink to red, it will mean that the saliva is overpowered.
Please peruse the following link as well: https://www.iftadua.co.za/swallowing-saliva-containg-blood-while-fasting/21379/
Checked and Approved By:
Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
References
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