[Q-ID0184] Does smoking and using an inhaler invalidate the fast?

QUESTION:

Does smoking or taking an inhaler invalidate the fast? Please can you respond to the attached article which says smoking and taking an inhaler while fasting does not break the fast. JazakAllah Khair.

ANSWER:

Read answer on the link below written by Mufti Zahid Hussain al-Qadiri

http://www.thesunniway.com/articles/item/298-refutation-of-permitting-smoking-and-inhaling-ventolin-while-fasting

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[Q-ID0327] Whilst fasting does inhaling the fragrance of air freshener invalidate the fast?

[Q-ID0457] Does using an Asthma inhaler nullify the Fast?