{"id":2527,"date":"2020-05-04T09:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T07:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2020-05-04T09:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T07:53:08","slug":"covid-19-does-taking-a-covid-19-screening-test-nullify-the-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=2527","title":{"rendered":"COVID 19 &#8211; Does taking a COVID 19 Screening Test nullify the fast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>COVID 19 &#8211; Does taking a COVID 19 Screening Test nullify the fast?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q. Does taking a COVID 19 Screening Test nullify the fast?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> The Covid-19 Doctors on Call, established by KwaZulu-Natal Doctors Healthcare Coalition (KZNDHC) who offer screening and advice around Covid-19 in South Africa have confirmed that a Covid 19 Screening Test entails the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A swab is slowly inserted through the <strong>nostril<\/strong> until the nasopharynx (the upper part of the throat connecting to the nasal cavity) is reached. (Upper Respiratory Tract)<\/li>\n<li>A swab is inserted into the <strong>mouth<\/strong> with the mouth wide open, to first rub the tonsils and then pharynx (the back of the throat). (Lower Respiratory Tract)<\/li>\n<li>The patient is asked to cough and produce <strong>saliva<\/strong> that has been brought up. (Sputum Collection)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The tool used in the test is a sterile, dry cotton or polyester swab that does not contain any substance or medication prior to testing.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of Shariah, the insertion of a dry object into the mouth or nostril does not nullify the fast. Accordingly, taking a COVID 19 Screening Test whilst fasting will not nullify the fast. <strong>(Binaayah 4\/65)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allah Ta\u2019ala Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mufti Ismaeel Bassa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>themufti.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID 19 &#8211; Does taking a COVID 19 Screening Test nullify the fast? Q. Does taking a COVID 19 Screening Test nullify the fast? A. The<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}