Does swallowing the saliva after licking the lips and the area around them—while they are wet from the water of Wudu or Ghusl—invalidate the fast?
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The action mentioned does not invalidate the fast. One must be wary of obsessive thoughts (waswas) and not give in to them, for the best cure for obsessive thoughts is to ignore them and not pay them any mind.
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