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Fatwa CenterDoes fasting become void by having a small cut?
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Will my fast be void if I have a small cut while shaving in the morning?
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.
The blood that comes out of a fasting person without his will does not break his fast, and it does not render his fasting void whether or not there was too much blood. There is no text which suggests that such blood necessitates breaking the fast, and analogy does not imply breaking the fast, it is like having a bleeding nose, or a cut that a fasting person is subjected to without his will. So all this does not make fasting void; this is the view of the Hanbali school.
For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 81533 on shaving the beard.
Allaah Knows best.
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