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What is a third invalidator of the fast and what is the evidence for it?Drinking invalidates the fast and the evidence is in the following verse:So now have sexual relations with them and seek that which Allah has ordained for you (offspring), and eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night), then complete your sawm (fast) till the nightfall%u201d [Al-Baqara, 2:187]What is a fourth invalidator of the fast and what is the evidence for it?Anything that is regarded as coming under the same heading as eating and drinking invalidates the fast because it provides the body with energy. The evidence is in the same verse that invalidates eating and drinking. This includes:Transfusion of blood to one who is fasting %u2013 such as if he bleeds heavily and is given a blood transfusion. This invalidates the fast because blood is formed from food and drink.Receiving via a needle (as in the case of a drip) nourishing substances which takes the place of food and drink, because this is the same as food and drink.What about vaccines?With regard to injections which do not replace food and drink, rather they are administered for the purpose of medical treatment, or for the purpose of vaccinations, these do not affect the fast.Is it agreed upon by the scholars that food and drink substitutes, such as in the form of blood transfusions and drip nourishment, invalidate the fast?No, it is not agreed upon. The only part that is agreed upon is that any nourishment that enters the body via the normal route of going down the throat invalidates the fast.Copyright %u00a9 2023 Islamic Association of Raleigh. All rights reserved. 71