Does the use of steam in hospitals break the fast, knowing that it contains oxygen and a spray of certain medications?
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If the vaporized medicine mist reaches the throat, it breaks the fast, and the fast must be made up for, due to Allah's saying: ﴿But whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then [he is to fast] an equal number of other days.﴾ [Al-Baqarah:184].
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