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Summary
A question about kidney dialysis while fasting in Ramadan, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that it breaks the fast, that the patient must make the day up, and that if he cannot, he pays the fidya. 1
The question
The questioner asked about the ruling on kidney dialysis for someone fasting in Ramadan. 1
The answer
The Department answered that kidney dialysis breaks the fast, because, as physicians know, the dialysis fluid is nourishing, and because it causes substances to enter the body's interior. 1 It said that the patient must make that day up after Ramadan, and if he cannot, he pays the fidya, feeding one poor person for each day not fasted. 1
About this record
Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4151, dated 2 February 2026. 1 The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.
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Sources
- Jordan's General Iftaa Department (aliftaa.jo) , fatwa 4151
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islam.museum contributors. “Kidney dialysis while fasting in Ramadan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/fatwa-aliftaa-jo-kidney-dialysis-while-fasting/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.