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What is the ruling on a fasting person using skin creams, and does it invalidate the fast if he tastes it in his mouth, and is this different from the substance reaching the throat?

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There is no harm in a fasting person using skin creams, even if their taste is perceived, because this is neither eating nor drinking, nor does it carry the same meaning.

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