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Blood test and insulin do not invalidate fasting
If you are a diabetic and need to take insulin 3 times a day, do not worry about fasting. You can also check your blood sugar during fasting and get insulin. There are no barriers regarding it. Muslim scholars recommended that blood tests for glucose monitoring and taking insulin do not invalidate the fasting of Ramadan. Medical matters that do not invalidate fasting include inhaler, eye,ear and nasal drops, enemas, tooth extraction and treatment of injuries. Insertion of anything into the vagina such as pessaries, or a speculum, or the doctor's fingers for the purpose of medical examination, insertion of medical instruments or IUD into the womb, anything that enters the urinary tract of a male or female, such as a catheter tube, or medical scopes, or opaque dyes inserted for the purpose of x-rays, or medicine, or a solution to wash the bladder do not invalidate fast. Oxygen or anaesthetic gases, local anaesthesia and any injection except those used for parenteral nutrition can be used for treatment purpose.
Source: www.islamqa.com, Fataawa Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem, 4/189, Majmoo' Fataawa Shaykh al-Islam, 25/233; 25/245
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