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Does the pill placed under the tongue for heart patients, which is not swallowed, invalidate the fast?

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Sublingual therapeutic tablets do not invalidate the fast, because they are absorbed in the mouth and do not enter the stomach. However, one must be careful not to swallow any part of them. The Islamic Fiqh Academy has affirmed this.

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