❖ Question:
Does vomiting invalidate the fast?
❖ Answer:
A fasting person may face situations beyond their control, such as:
- Bleeding from a wound
- Nosebleed
- Vomiting
- Involuntary entry of water or petrol into the throat
None of these invalidate the fast, because they occur without intention or choice.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Whoever is overcome by vomiting, there is no make-up upon him. But whoever vomits intentionally, must make up the fast.”
[Authentic Hadith]
Thus:✔ Unintentional vomiting does not break the fast, and no make-up (qaḍāʾ) is required.
✖ But if a person induces vomiting deliberately, then the fast is invalidated, and qaḍāʾ becomes obligatory.
— Shaykh Ibn Bāz رحمه الله
