Prayer TimesIn general, swallowing a tube does not break the fast. This is because, for the fast to be invalidated, the tube would have to enter the body completely. In this procedure, part of the tube remains outside. However, if anything is introduced into the stomach through the tube, the fast is broken.
Imam Ibn Abidin said: “If a person swallows a stick or a string with food tied to the end, and one end remains outside and no part of the object remains inside, the fast is not broken. The condition for breaking the fast is that something remains inside.” [1]
Therefore, if medicine is applied to the tube and swallowed, and some of the medicine remains inside, the fast is broken and one day of qada (make-up fast) is required.
From the book “Fatwas Regarding Ramadan Fasting”
[1] “Hashiyat Ibn Abidin”, 3/369.
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