The fatwa of Shattaf al-Hamam in Ramadan raises controversy in Egypt

Sheikh Al-Azhari Anas al-Sultan raised a wide controversy in Egypt after a fatwa describing that the rush of water "Shattaf Al-Hamam" strongly to fast fasting, where the fatwa opened the door of religious controversy and attack the owners of fatwas, an issue that prompted some to demand the need to resolve this file, By naming those who are authorized to do so.

The fatwa of Shaykh Anas al-Sultan, one of Al-Azhar's graduates, raised the argument that the water of rinsing used by Muslims to clean themselves after the need is needed, if the man or the woman breaks the fast.

"Anything that enters the human body, either from his mouth or his neck for a man or his vagina for women, or from their nose or ear, will spoil fasting and cause the person to eat breakfast."
This fatwa has sparked controversy on social networking sites because of these fatwas issued by some in Ramadan.

The Egyptian Fatwa House responded to such fatwas prior to that. In a previous fatwa on the use of rinsing during the day in Ramadaan, the court issued its response that some scholars said that it invalidates fasting and some of them disagreed and said that it does not spoil.

The director of the Fatwa Department written in the Egyptian Fatwa House, Sheikh Mohammed Wissam, that scientists differed in the ruling on the use of Shattaf bath during the day in Ramadan on two opinions.

During his meeting with the "Fatawa of the People" program, Wissam said on the Egyptian religious channel "Al Nas" that the first opinionists said: "It is like an enema, and the entry of water from the anus opens the fast." The second view: Fasting. "

"The most likely opinion on the matter is that the use of rinsing during the day in Ramadaan does not invalidate the fast, provided that the person using it is taken care of, and that the water does not enter the stomach or the research," Amin Fatwa, the Egyptian Fatwa Center, said in an earlier statement in 2016. Other means ".

As for the pioneers of social networking sites, they considered the fatwa a satirical comment, with sarcastic comments on Twitter and Facebook.