Does the use of artificial oxygen for patients with shortness of breath during fasting affect their fast?
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The oxygen gas given to some patients does not invalidate the fast, because no other substances are added to it. Its ruling is similar to breathing natural air. The "Islamic Fiqh Academy" has stipulated that "oxygen gas" is not among the things that break the fast.
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