A patient using an inhaler during the day in Ramadan

A question about a patient using an inhaler during the day in Ramadan, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that an inhaler through the nose or mouth breaks the fast; someone who needs it on some days uses it, keeps refraining and makes those days up, while someone who needs it every day uses it, keeps refraining and feeds a poor person for each day. ¹

The questioner asked about the ruling on a patient using an inhaler during the day in Ramadan. ¹

The Department answered that using an inhaler through the nose or mouth breaks the fast, because the medicine in these inhalers is meant to reach the lungs, which are part of the body's interior. ¹ It said that someone who uses it on some days uses it while fasting, keeps refraining from food and drink, and makes those days up later. ¹ It added that someone who uses it every day uses it while fasting, keeps refraining, and feeds one poor person for each day. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4128, dated 29 January 2026. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.