Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A Does Getting Your Ears Checked Break the Fast

			Bismillahir Rahmanheim does getting
		

			your ears checked break the fast?
		

			Not in the Hanafi school unless something goes
		

			through the ears into the body cavity.
		

			In general,
		

			if you have need for medical appoint
		

			appointments, so there's
		

			harm, there's undue pain or fear of harm,
		

			then you can have them during the day
		

			in Ramadan.
		

			But if they're discretionary,
		

			then it is better to do them either
		

			in the evening time which is often not
		

			feasible
		

			or
		

			outside of the month of Ramadan.
		

			Right, in order to preserve one's fast to
		

			the extent possible but when
		

			one needs to have, you know, medical procedure
		

			someone has,
		

			you know, for example a sister has an
		

			infection
		

			or whatever and she needs to get, you
		

			know, a type of test
		

			that could
		

			that would break her fast, then it's allowed.
		

			Or someone needs surgery and it's not discretionary
		

			surgery, but it is time sensitive,
		

			then one has the surgery and one makes
		

			up that day.
		

			Because that falls under the dispensation of the
		

			one who is sick.