Endorsements
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu
After careful review and extensive examination of the Ramadan Fasting Tablet, I would like to offer my opinion about this product from a scientific perspective as well as from a religious point of view.
Scientifically, I have found this chewable vitamin tablet to be wholesome and good, made from the finest all natural ingredients and void of anything that could potentially be harmful. This tablet contains no drugs, no chemicals, no animal by-products, no fat, and no sodium. In addition to being FDA approved and Halal certified by the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America, I find this product to have multiple uses as well as being completely safe for Muslims and non-Muslims to consume. This unique vitamin tablet is a blend of all the complex B vitamins, proteins, and Chinese herbs that, for centuries, have been used for healing many ailments. This tablet provides many essential nutrients which support the nervous system, regulates the appetite, enhances the metabolism, and converts stored fat into energy which also can help with weight loss when taken in a certain way.
From an Islamic point of view, I have found nothing in the Qur’an or Hadith that prohibits Muslims from taking this vitamin tablet as a nutritional supplement during the month of Ramadan. Is it permissible for Muslims to take regular, off the shelf vitamins at Suhoor time during the month of Ramadan? If the answer is yes, then why wouldn’t it be permissible to take the Ramadan Fasting Tablet at Suhoor time for additional nutrient and health support? Since the fasting days are much longer during the summer months, I would highly recommend that everybody take this product at the time of Suhoor and at Iftar to help create more of a nutritional balance in our bodies so that we can stay strong throughout the month in order to stand steadfast in our prayers at night. Further, it is recommended to take this supplement through out the whole year in order to maintain well balanced energy levels in our bodies. In Surah Al-Baqara, Ayah 185, Allah (swt) says about himself:
“Allah desires ease for you, and He does not desire for you difficulty and (He desires) that you complete the (prescribed) period (of fasting)”…..
Our beloved Prophet (pbuh) encouraged us to eat Suhoor at the latest time possible and break our fast at the earliest time possible in order to minimize the difficulties of fasting. Since the tablet will boost our energy during our fast and minimize any hardship as a result of our fast, then this tablet is in accordance with the Qur’an and Sunnah and I highly recommend it for any Muslim to use. This tablet can be especially beneficial to those who want to fast while experiencing an ailment or for those who are working or studying for long periods of time.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ahmad H. Sakr
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu
هو اجتباكم, وما جعل عليكم في الدين من حرج … (الحج 78)
“He (Allaah) has chosen you and has not laid upon you any hardship in religion.”
يريد الله بكم اليسر ولا يريد بكم العسر, ولتكملو العدة...(البقرة 185)
“Allah desires ease for you, and He does not desire for you difficulty, and (he desires) that you complete the (prescribed) period (of fasting)”…
We see in the verses quoted above, that Allah does not desire placing any difficulty on his worshipers while performing their religious obligations and worship rituals. If one cannot fast this Ramadan, then they may fast other days, if anyone cannot pray standing, then they may pray sitting or laying down, and so on and so forth. From these verses; Muslim jurists derived the Fiqh principle that says الضرر يزال) ), harm should be removed.
More precisely when it comes to fasting the month of Ramadan, Allaah said, after he explained the rules and regulations pertaining to fasting; he wants ease for you and not difficulty. So everything that helps alleviating any harm and removing any difficulty is an implementation of these verses. The prophet صلي الله عليه وسلم encouraged us to eat Suhoor the latest time, and break fasting the earliest time. This divine recommendation was intended to encourage the Muslims to minimize the difficulties of fasting, and also to guide them to ways of boosting their energy so they can carry on this worship with the least difficulties. On the basis of all those evidences; any Ramadan tablets that boost the energy and remove the difficulty of of fasting is in accordance with Quran and the Sunnah of the prophet صلي الله عليه وسلم . They may be strongly recommended for those who face difficulties fasting while being sick, working or studying extensively.
Allaah knows the best.
Imam Abdulkareem (Abu Yaser)
Worcester Islamic Center
Worcester, MA
Ruling on taking the “Ramadan tablet”, which reduces the effect of hunger, at sahoor during the month of fasting
There is a lot of talk among the people about some medicine that controls and reduces the feelings of hunger and thirst in the body.
Some people use this medicine during the month of Ramadan. What is the ruling on taking this medicine?
For more information on this medicine please see the following site:
http://fasting.ramadantablet.com.
Praise be to Allaah.
The scholars have defined fasting as worshipping Allah by refraining from things that break the fast such as food, drink and intercourse, from the break of dawn until the sun sets.
As Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“and eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night), then complete your Sawm (fast) till the nightfall” [al-Baqarah 2:187].
And according to the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“Fasting is a shield, so there should be no obscene or ignorant talk, and if someone tries to fight him or insult him, let him say, I am fasting, twice. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the smell of the mouth of the fasting person is better with Allah, may He be exalted, then the fragrance of musk. ‘He gives up his food and drink and desire for My sake. Fasting is for Me and I shall reward for it, a tenfold reward for each good deed.’” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1795.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The things that spoil the fast are called by the scholars al-muftiraat (things that break the fast). The basic principles concerning that are three, which were mentioned by Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, in the verse (interpretation of the meaning):
“So now have sexual relations with them and seek that which Allaah has ordained for you (offspring), and eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night), then complete your Sawm (fast) till the nightfall”
[al-Baqarah 2:187].
The scholars are unanimously agreed that these three things spoil the fast.
Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 6/235
With regard to the medicine referred to in the question, according to the website mentioned, it is a tablet that contains herbs and substances that it is permissible to use and consume, and it is called the “Ramadan tablet.” it contains different types of vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12) and other substances that are beneficial to the body and which provide energy to the body during the day and reduce feelings of hunger, because these substances are able to help the brain to issue orders to the body to seek nutrition from excess fat in the body instead of from the empty stomach.
There is no doubt that taking these tablets and medicine during the day in Ramadan breaks the fast and no one would dispute that, because it is the kind of food which reaches the stomach directly.
It seems that the question is about the ruling on taking this tablet at night, before dawn, because this medicine has the ability to give the body ongoing energy and it has the ability to prevent feelings of hunger. So some may think that it is not permissible to take it at night, because it has a lasting effect during the day. But this is mistaken thinking. Rather it is permissible to use it, so long as it is taken at a time when it is permissible to consume food and drink.
With regard to its ongoing effect during the day, that does not mean that it cannot be taken. There is no difference between it and the food eaten at sahoor. One of the important reasons for delaying eating sahoor is that it gives the body more strength to be able to fast during the day.
It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“Eat sahoor, for in sahoor there is blessing.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (1823) and Muslim (1095).
Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said:
In the hadeeth of Anas, “Eat sahoor, for in sahoor there is blessing”, what is meant by blessing is reward, or it is blessed because it gives one strength and energy to fast, and makes it less difficult.
And it was said that the blessing coming from waking up and offering du’aa’ at the end of the night, before dawn.
It is most likely that the blessing of sahoor comes from a number of things: it is following the Sunnah, differing from the People of the Book, it gives one strength for worship, increases energy, wards off the bad attitude that may result from being hungry, makes one give charity to the one who asks at that time or joins him to eat, it reminds one to remember Allah and call upon Him at times when a response is most likely, and reminds one to form the intention of fasting for the one who forgot to do so before he went to bed.
Fath al-Baari, 4/140
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said, discussing the blessings of sahoor:
One of its blessings is that it supplies nourishment to the body throughout the day and helps one to be patient in refraining from food and drink, even during the long, hot days of summer, whereas when a person is not fasting you will find him drinking five or six times a day, and eating twice. But Allah has instilled blessing in sahoor, so it makes the body able to cope with fasting. End quote.
Liqa’ al-Baab al-Maftooh (Introduction to no. 223).
To sum up: there is nothing wrong with taking these tablets.
For more information on the permissibility of taking hormones for sports at sahoor, please see the answer to question number 49686.
And Allah knows best.
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