Covid-19 vaccine will not break Ramadan fast says Senior Official
- 3 years ago
Taking a vaccination for Covid-19 will not break a Muslim’s fast during Ramadan, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Awqaf.
In a Twitter post Sheikh Dr Thaqil bin Sayer Al Shammari, Deputy Head of the Court of Cassation in the Supreme Judiciary Council and Head of Shariah Committee the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, stated that the vaccine does not break fast because it is taken intramuscularly and it does not reach the stomach through the regular route.
The post further added that, “Based on this, the committee said that it is permissible to take the vaccine against the virus (Covid 19) during the day in Ramadan for a fasting person.”
“If the fasting person needs to take it during the day in Ramadan, this does not break his fast, because the injections are taken under the skin, intramuscularly,” the Head of the Fatwa Committee said.
Ramadan will commence from mid-April as per the moon sighting and officials and scholars in many Arab countries have weighed by saying taking a Covid-19 vaccine will not break the fast.
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