Is Dialysis Invalidate Fasting? Does going to dialysis break the fast? Is fasting invalidated by undergoing dialysis? Does dialysis invalidate fasting?

There are two kinds of dialysis applied to renal failure patients which are peritoneum dialysis and hemodialysis.

What Is Peritoneal-Hemodialysis Dialysis and How Does It Work?

Peritoneum dialysis is the process of clearing blood of harmful substances and providing liquid stability by using the patient’s own periton via a special solution injected to ventral cavity. Hemodialysis is the process of clearing blood of harmful substances by using a machine apart from the body, and returning the blood to the body. Blood is extracted by injection through the patient’s arm. Hemodialysis machine filters blood continuously on a filter called dialysor and filters harmful substances and excessive water. Clear blood that was filtered is returned to vein of the patient with another injection. Sometimes it is required to give nutritional water during this process.

If during hemodialysis, no nutritional water is given to the patient, then fasting is not invalidated. Fasting is invalidated because nutritional liquid is given to the body during the other dialysis processes. (Decision by HBRA dated 22.09.2005; see Marghinani, al-Hidayah, II, 263-264; Kasani Bada’i, II, 98).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWAS

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