Second: after zawal and before eating anything.

Second: after zawal and before eating anything. Third: after he eats something. A: If he became aware only after he committed an act which would void the sawm, his sawm is void and he is obliged to refrain from eating for the rest of the day. While if he becam aware before that, then if it was after zawal, his sawm is void, while if it was before zawal, then it is based on obligatory precaution to intend to observe sawm at this day and do fast and perform its qada later on.

Section five: The rulings of those things which break the fast: (1) & (2) Eating and Drinking 1- If a fasting person introduced food or drinks into his body through a way other than the normal one (e.g. introducing water through the nose), what is the ruling of his sawm? A: Taking food or drink would invalidate the sawm even if they had been introduced through other than the normal manner.

2- Would the entrance of anything which breaks the fast into the body through a wound or the ear invalidate the sawm? A: If it came to the mouth cavity and then through the throat to the stomach or it is considered as food and used for nutrition, then it would invalidate the sawm, otherwise it would not. 3- If the saim [fasting person] had swallowed nasal secretions before it reached the mouth cavity, would that harm his sawm? A: In the given question, it would not harm the sawm.

4- A saim has something in his mouth wet with his saliva then he takes it out and returns it again to his mouth and swallowed the saliva on it, what is the ruling concerning this? With details please. A: In the given question, his sawm would be invalidated by swallowing the moisture of his saliva unless this moisture was so little and it is mixed with amount of saliva in the mouth to the extent that it could not be considered that he had swallowed the saliva which had come out.

5- Is tooth picking after a meal obligatory for those who want to fast? A: It is not obligatory unless one is certain that there are remnants of food between his teeth and he is sure that if he did not pick it out, they would get inside the throat. 6- If a saim had taken food or drink, forgetfully or inattentively, during the month of Ramadan or the sawm of its qada or during sawm al-mustahabb, what is the ruling concerning this?

A: Taking food or drink forgetfully or inattentively would not invalidate the sawm with no difference between its types.