THERE IS A CONFUSION AMONG PATIENTS N PHYSICIAN ABOUT WHICH MEDICATION CAN BE USED DURING FASTING WITHOUT BREAKING IT.EVEN WHEN CONSENSUS IS REACHED AMONG SCHOLARS,IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR MUSLIM PHYSICIANS TO LEARN ABOUT THE RULINGS AND INFORM THEIR PATIENTS OF WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT USE DURING THEIR FASTING.TO SETTLE THESE DIFFERENCES IN POINT OF VIEW AND STANDARDIZE THE CHOICE OF ROUTES,A RELIGIOUS-MEDICAL SYMPOSIUM ABOUT THE ISLAMIC VIEW ON CERTAIN CONTEMPORARY MEDICAL ISSUES WAS HELD IN MOROCCO IN JUNE 1997.THE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED DISTINGUISHED MUSLIM JURISTS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARVED A NICHE FOR THEMSELVES IN THE RELIGION.THEY AGREED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE FOLLOWING DO NOT NULLIFY FASTING.1.EYE AND EAR DROPS 2.ALL SUBSTANCES ABSORBED INTO THE BODY THROUGH THE SKIN,SUCH AS CREAMS,OINTMENTS,PATCHED AND MEDICATED PLASTERS.3.INSERTION INTO THE VAGINA OF PESSARIES,MEDICAL OVULES,AND VAGINAL WASHES.4.INJECTION THROUGH THE SKIN,JOINTS OR VEINS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INTRAVENOUS FEEDING.5.OXYGEN AND ANESTHETIC GASES.6.NITROGLYCERIN TABLETS PLACED UNDER THE TONGUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANGINA.7.MOUTHWASH,GARGLE OR ORAL SPRAY PROVIDED NOTHING IS SWALLOWED INTO THE STOMACH.THIS GOES TO BOTH THE WELL-MEANING MANY AND CHAGRIN OF THE FEW.WISHING ALL AND SUNDRY RAMADHAAN MUBAARAKA
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