Q: 102 – Title: I have a heat rash on my anus but the only way to calm it down is to use medication cream, and this cream contains a substance called steroid. if I use the cream during fasting will it break my fast?
Question
I have a heat rash on my anus but the only way to calm it down is to use medication cream, and this cream contains a substance called steroid. if I use the cream during fasting will it break my fast? please help me. because you have to use it or I feel intolerable pain. it really hurts. because I scratch hard because my body is not used to the hot humidity
Answer
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu 'alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
It is permissible for you to put medication cream on your anus while fasting. It will not break your fast.
(أحسن الفتاوى، كتاب الصوم: 4/440؛ سعيد)
(فتاوى محمودية، كتاب الصوم، باب ما يفسد الصوم وما لا يفسد: 10/142؛ فاروقية)
And Allah knows best
Wassalaamu 'alaykum
Ml. Abrar Mirza, Student Darul Iftaa
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah
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