Istaʿaṭa denotes using saʿūṭ, medication deliberately administered through the nose. The author places this classical treatment among the named invalidators.
Ordinary breathing is not the same act as introducing a medicament. Modern nasal sprays, mists or other products require examination of their actual features and contemporary rulings rather than an indiscriminate substitution for classical saʿūṭ.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Medication Routes, Treatment, and Fasting Rulings
Istaʿaṭa denotes using saʿūṭ, medication deliberately administered through the nose. The author places this classical treatment among the named invalidators.
Ordinary breathing is not the same act as introducing a medicament. Modern nasal sprays, mists or other products require examination of their actual features and contemporary rulings rather than an indiscriminate substitution for classical saʿūṭ.