Is it permissible to apply steroid ointment inside the mouth to treat canker sores while fasting in Ramadan?
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It is not permissible to use steroid ointment to treat mouth ulcers during fasting, because it dissolves in the mouth and is swallowed. The ulcer does not cause hardship that permits breaking the fast. A sick person should not break their fast unless they experience clear hardship due to fasting. As for a minor illness that does not cause clear hardship, it is not permissible to break the fast because of it.
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