Abdul Nasir Jangda – 30 Days 30 Questions about Ramadan – EP28

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu there's something nuts agenda from Calum Institute coming
to you once again, with the alum Hangout. 30 days, 30 questions, answering your questions about the
month of Ramadan? So the question that we got, and I actually get this question quite often, as soon
as you know, when I started conducting Ramadan programs in Ramadan, Q and A's, and that is, what
about tasting food while fasting? So particularly our have a lot of times, folks in general,
especially sisters asking that if somebody's cooking food, can I just simply taste the food to see
if everything is right, the ingredients are right, there's enough salt or not too much salt, or
		

			whatever the case may be, while I'm fasting? So to answer this question, again, I'm going to answer
this question in a couple of parts, I'm going to break down the issue a little bit, as long as you
are touching something to your tongue, where you can taste it on your tongue, but you do not swallow
anything. Again, technically, that does not invalidate your fast that does not break your fast, it
does not invalidate your fast, your fastest, okay? It is disliked, however, to be tasting something,
even putting something on your tongue so much scope so much. So, the scholars were so particular
about just even chewing on something or putting anything in your mouth or tasting something that
		

			they discouraged even chewing on things like sometimes people have a bad habit of, you know, chewing
on the end of their pens that should be abstained from while fasting and one should not engage in
that because, number one, it's disrespectful towards the fastest not becoming of a fasting person.
And again, it is just inappropriate, and it is too close for comfort, if you will, obviously you're
not going to eat your pen. But still you just want to abstain from any type of chewing and tasting
all this type of stuff while you are fasting. So again, I was saying technically speaking, if you
taste something, cut something to your tongue, as long as you do not swallow it, it will not
		

			invalidate your fast. However, it will still be disliked severely disliked. Secondly, you are toeing
the line and you are putting yourself in a very dangerous situation. Because if you were to
accidentally swallow something while trying to taste something that would invalidate your fat, I
wouldn't just be an honest mistake. Oh, I didn't realize I was fasting, though. Because you knew you
were fasting, you knew what you were doing. And you knew the risk that you were taking. So that will
end up invalidating your fast if you do end up swallowing something. The second issue that I'd like
to address in this answer is again, I said, Can you take something so technically speaking, it will
		

			not invalidate your fast but it is severely disliked? So you definitely don't want to do it.
However, should you be tasting something, then the answer is definitely no.
		

			I've actually come across something and some of the older books of fatwa and things like that, it'll
oftentimes talk about well, if there is a wife who fears, you know, the husband's anger about the
food not being proper, or whatever the case may be. That is a much, much bigger issue than having to
worry about tasting your food. All right, I'm not going to crack any jokes, I'm being very, very
serious. That is a much, much more serious issue. That is a relationship that is potentially
abusive, a relationship that is not considered to have one person's spirituality, and fasting and
situation and circumstances. There are much, much bigger issues there that should be resolved
		

			through counseling and therapy and getting professional help. I'm being very serious here. And I
don't think it's appropriate for us to give these types of answers like it's okay, you know, just go
ahead and taste it so he doesn't get too upset, he doesn't get too angry, because that enables such
bad behavior, and it encourages people to stay in and continue to put up with abusive relationships.
So that's just a little bit of a side note that I had. So again, Can I taste something while
fasting? Technically speaking, if you taste something, but touch it on your tongue, but you don't
swallow it, that will not invalidate your fast however it is severely disliked. And secondly, should
		

			you absolutely not completely abstain from it, refrain from it, you know, worse come worse. There
the food might not taste as superly awesomely fantastic as it could have. In that case, hello
Alhamdulillah maybe everyone will eat a little bit less for today. Until next time, this happiness
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