Does the fasting person break their fast if they swallow their saliva after licking their lips, which have been moistened with a slight, unseparated wetness remaining from the water of Wudu or Ghusl, whether intentionally or by mistake? And is it obligatory to dry the body parts after every Wudu?
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Swallowing saliva after intentionally or unintentionally licking the lips does not invalidate the fast. Drying the limbs after ablution is not obligatory; rather, it is permissible according to the majority of scholars, and some have stated that it is disliked.
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