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Is it permissible to use eye drops while fasting?

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No issue with eye drops as they do not break the fast. fasting, eye-drops, permissibility, ramadan, medical, fiqh https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qCVzO7W3AIA
No issue with eye drops while fasting. Eye drops are fine, ear drops are fine, they don't break the fast at all. Even if you do taste something or have a sense of something at the back of your throat from the eye drop, it's something which is minuscule and overlooked, so no issue with it.
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