Swallowing spit during ramadan fasting?

Question

Someone keeps telling me that during the fast you are not allowed to swallow your spit. Is this true or is he just trying to scare me out of trying the fast for my first time. please help me?

Answer 1

Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim - In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullah

There is nothing wrong with swallowing saliva while you are fasting. To say that you have to spit is wrong. It is extremism and just plain disgusting. Can you imagine the streets of Cairo or Madinah if this were true? There'd be no dry place to walk!

When someone tells you something is permitted or forbidden, you can ask him or her to bring the proof. It is a VERY serious thing to add anything to the religion or take it away. Imagine that if you listened to this person - you would have a very hard time fasting and would become dehydrated more quickly and perhaps abandon your fast, astaghfirullah! Then the person who gave you this misinformation would bear part of the sin.

You are fasting for the first time? MashAllah. May Allah make it easy for you. Just remember to drink lots of water in the morning before the fast begins, and eat a breakfast with good protein and complex carbohydrates. This will help sustain you. Also, the whole reason for the fast is to discipline ourselves and gain reward from Allah, so you should abstain from any vain talk or bad words or bad dees. Do your best to use this time to build good habits that you can carry on for the rest of the year. I remind myself like I remind my brothers and sisters in Islam.

Fi Aman Allah,

Nancy Umm Abdel Hamid

Answer 2

lol thats complete crap,

Answer 3

What that's ridiculous. That's definitely not true.

Answer 4

Gee, nothing extremist there!!!
It's okay to let your body do its inner recycling...
Take pride and go forward.

Answer 5

That is junk. It has zero nutrients.

Answer 6

Don't listen to your friend. Totally not true.

Answer 7

Use common sense. Your not eating anything while swallowing, whoever said that is lying obviously. If you don't swallow for a while you will automatically as your brain stem partially controls its functions.

Answer 8

You can swallow your spit, unless your family follows a more strict path. If you see everyone else spitting every two minutes, you know youre supposes to as well. However, Ive never heard of that.

Answer 9

NO! Because its fluid that already in your body.. this wont break a fast

Answer 10

Oh my Gooossshhhh.
Go to whoever told you that and hit them on the side of their head.
People should really not be talking out of their azzes.

Answer 11

he's just teasing you..
as if all us muslims run around for 30days spitting all day long.. that would be silly... lol
its a bodily fluid that is already inside of you.. .. Your saliva is ok to swallow..
If your mouth gets dry.. Just go brush your teeth.. just dont swallow the toothpaste..