RIYADH – Receiving the coronavirus vaccine while fasting does notinvalidate the fast, Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti said ahead of the holymonth of Ramzan.
“The Covid-19 vaccine does not invalidate the fast of a fasting personbecause it is not considered as food and drink. The vaccine is administeredintramuscularly, so it does not invalidate the fast,” Sheikh Abdul AzizAl-Asheikh said.
Ramzan 2021 is due to start in second week of April on the sighting of themoon.
The Fatwa Department at the Islamic Affairs in Dubai also issued anofficial fatwa regarding the Covid-19 vaccine while fasting.
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Dr Mohammed Eyada Alkobaisi, Grand Mufti in the Fatwa Department, saidscholars agreed that the intramuscular and intravenous needles do notinvalidate or break one’s fast, as long as they are non-nutritious.
