Last year one day, in the month of Ramadan, while fasting, my lips being dry, bled a bit! I quickly went and washed the blood away. Did my fast go void?
Question
Afterwards I could taste the blood abit in my mouth?
Answer
The fast was valid.
Was salaam
Mufti E Desai
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