Is it permissible to insert medicine through a female’s vagina during a fast?

Published as Brief Miscellaneous Q & A Relating to Fasting (22/22)

· 18 Shaʻban 1439 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is it permissible to insert medicine through a female’s vagina during a fast?

Answer

Any form of medicine inserted into the internal part of a woman’s vagina will invalidate her fast.

And Allah knows best

Answered by
[Mufti] Muhammad ibn Adam
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