Ask Qul - Fasting / Sawm / Roza - Swallowing Mucus

'It is prohibited for your hearts to experience the sweetness of faith until they abstain from this world [i.e. its pleasures].'

Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as]

al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 128, no. 2

Sexual Ethics & Morals

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Salaat / Prayers

# 709 - Passing wind from the rear

Business / Investment

# 808 - Masjid or Imam Bargah

Sexual Ethics & Morals

# 807 - penetration during period

# 806 - Female masturbation

Divorce / Talaq

# 798 - Divorce

Miscellaneous

# 797 - Kiss

# 792 - hidden buried treasure

Interfaith Dialogue

# 781 - Jesus death

Fasting / Sawm / Roza

# 776 - Husbands permissn

Ask Qul - QA

Question : #719

Subject:	Swallowing Mucus
Question:	Is it permissible to swallow mucus, for example when we cough, mucus comes up to our throats and we sometimes swallow it by accident? Jazakallah Khayr
Answer:	It is preferable for the fasting person not to swallow mucous or phlegm that has reached the mouth, although it is permissible for him to swallow it. imilarly, it is permissible for him to swallow the saliva that has gathered in the mouth, even in large quantities.

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