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X-rays while fasting in Ramadan

التصوير الشعاعي للصائم في رمضان

A question about x-rays while fasting in Ramadan, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that an X-ray itself does not break the fast, but taking a contrast substance through an open passage to the interior does. The Department answered that X-ray imaging in itself does not break the fast. It said that if the fasting person takes a medicine or substance to make the image visible through an open passage to the interior, such as the mouth or the anus, it breaks the fast.

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A question about x-rays while fasting in Ramadan, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that an X-ray itself does not break the fast, but taking a contrast substance through an open passage to the interior does. 1

The question

The questioner asked about the ruling on X-ray imaging for someone fasting in Ramadan. 1

The answer

The Department answered that X-ray imaging in itself does not break the fast. 1 It said that if the fasting person takes a medicine or substance to make the image visible through an open passage to the interior, such as the mouth or the anus, it breaks the fast. 1

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Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4153, dated 2 February 2026. 1 The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.

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Ramadan (the month of fasting): its name, the sighting of its crescent, its special features, and the virtues and acts of worship recommended in it

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  1. Jordan's General Iftaa Department (aliftaa.jo) , fatwa 4153

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islam.museum contributors. “X-rays while fasting in Ramadan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/fatwa-aliftaa-jo-x-rays-while-fasting/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Wearing an appetite-suppressing or nicotine patch while fasting

A question about wearing an appetite-suppressing or nicotine patch while fasting, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that there is no need for it for someone who takes the pre-dawn meal and breaks the fast as the Sunna teaches, but that it does not break the fast because it is not nourishing and does not enter the body's interior through an open passage. The Department answered that fasting is a great act of worship and one of the pillars of Islam, and that someone who takes the pre-dawn meal and breaks the fast as the Sunna teaches meets no great hardship, so there is no need for such a patch. It said that the patch nevertheless does not break the fast, because it is not nourishing and does not enter the body's interior (al-jawf) through an open passage.