Does wetting the lips with saliva or water, along with sucking them and drawing that saliva into the mouth, invalidate the fast?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Wetting the lips with water or saliva, whether inside or outside the mouth, does not invalidate the fast. Similarly, sucking the lips and bringing saliva into the mouth does not break the fast.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/63077
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 63077
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy