Does water entering the throat unintentionally while inhaling after intending to observe a voluntary fast, and thinking about breaking the fast after Fajr, invalidate the fast?
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Scholars differ regarding whether hesitation to break the fast invalidates it, and the preponderant opinion is that it does not. The entry of a drop of water into the throat without intention does not invalidate the fast.
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