How is it for a Sawm-keeping(fasting) person to eat and drink water, etc. after vomit?

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

What do Islamic scholars and respected Muftis say about the following issue? A person vomits involuntarily in the state of Sawm(fast) and the vomit is also “mouthful”[which can not be prevented easily]. He is under the impression that vomit invalidates the Sawm. Therefore, he drinks water, etc., deliberately after the vomit. What is the ruling on the Sawm in the above situation?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

Vomiting involuntarily does not invalidate the Sawm(fast) no matter how big the quantity of the vomit is. However, if a person vomits involuntarily and he eats and drinks anything afterwards, assuming that his Sawm has become invalid due to this vomit, then his Sawm will become invalid owing to the post-vomit eating or drinking anything. In this case, he will have to keep only Qada (قضا) Sawm, he is not required to make any Kaffarah (expiation).(Durr-e-Mukhtar, vol. 3, pp. 431; Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 1, pp. 989)

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Abu Muhammad Ali Asghar Attari