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Does a muscle-stimulating injection for pregnancy invalidate the fast if it is a fast of making up (for missed days)?

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Non-nutritive injections do not invalidate fasting, whether it is obligatory or voluntary. The Islamic Fiqh Academy has ruled that therapeutic injections, whether subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous, do not break the fast, with the exception of nutritive fluids and injections.

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