Saliva

Saliva is an extracellular fluid produced and secreted by salivary glands in the mouth. In humans, saliva is 99.5⁠% water plus electrolytes, mucus, white blood cells, epithelial cells (from which DNA can be extracted), enzymes (such as amylase and lipase), antimicrobial agents such as secretory IgA, and lysozymes.The enzymes found in saliva are essential in beginning the process of digestion of dietary starches and fats. These enzymes also play a role in breaking down food particles entrapped within dental crevices, thus protecting teeth from bacterial decay.

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Saliva . Sawm (Fasting) . Wudu (Ablution)

Is your fast considered broken when you get slight bleeding of the gums or from the throat and you only realise it when you spit out some saliva or do Wudhu?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 8 months ago

Your fast is valid because you did not do that deliberately.

Wassalam.

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Saliva . Iftar . Sawm (Fasting)

If we swallow our saliva with the intention that it will moisten our throat does that break our fast?

Abbas Di Palma, Shaykh Abbas Di Palma holds a BA and an MA degree in Islamic Studies, and certifications from the Language Institute of Damascus University. He has also studied traditional Islamic sciences in... Answered 10 months ago

as salam alaikum

it is permissible to swallow our saliva during fasting and it doesn't break the fast.

With prayers for your success.

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Saliva . Sawm (Fasting) . Ramadan

I am making up the fasts of Ramadan that I missed. I fell asleep with gum in my mouth and woke up after the Fajr prayer. I put the gum in its wrapper but swallowed my saliva. Will my fast be valid if I continue with it?

If the gum had a taste in your mouth, you must spit it out, but if the gum had no taste, then you are allowed to swallow the saliva and your fast is valid.

Wassalam.

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Toothpaste . Sawm (Fasting) . Saliva

After eating suhoor, I brush my teeth and then rinse my mouth with water 3 times. After doing so, the taste of the toothpaste can still be felt in the saliva that is produced in the mouth. If I swallow this saliva is my fast broken or not?

Zaid Alsalami, Shaykh Dr Zaid Alsalami is an Iraqi born scholar, raised in Australia. He obtained a BA from Al-Mustafa University, Qom, and an MA from the Islamic College in London. He also obtained a PhD from... Answered 1 year ago

Bismihi ta'ala

Seeing that you rinsed your mouth, and you spat out the water, that would be sufficient, and your fasting is valid, even though your tastebuds still feel the taste of toothpaste. Of course, this is as long as there is no remaining traces of the toothpaste itself, and you swallow the natural saliva in your mouth.

And Allah knows best.