Using Tooth Powder Made from Tobacco While Fasting

Question

Zayd, while fasting, uses a kind of tooth powder prepared from tobacco and old unrefined cane sugar. He has become habituated to it, and using it also gives him a sense of calm. The intoxicating effect in this tooth powder is to the extent of tobacco. Is it permissible to use such a tooth powder while fasting?

Answer

He should abstain from it completely: often some part of it reaches inside the throat. The presence of an intoxicating effect is an independent reason for prohibition.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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